Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mbe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: mbe
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British honour originally intended for non-combatants in World War One.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of molecular-beam epitaxy.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Master of Bioscience Enterprise.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of management by exception.

Countable; Uncountable

name

a Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria

Example Sentences

"Taken on by the Guardian (then the Manchester Guardian) after winning the Observer's crossword-setting competition two years running, he was later made an MBE for services to the newspaper industry."

Usage

Inflected Forms

MBEs (plural)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Mbe terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Mbe terms

Questions

What does mbe mean?: Initialism of Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British honour originally intended for non-combatants in World War One.

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