nb
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Initialism of nota bene; used in written English to introduce something to be noted.
adj
Initialism of northbound.
adj
Initialism of non-binary.
adj
Initialism of nonblack.
adv
noun
Initialism of national best.
noun
Abbreviation of newborn.
Example Sentences
- "NB: Do not write below this line."
- "Park Avenue and 42nd Street Prohibit parking on the NB lanes to provide 2 RT / 1 LT lanes; adjust signal timing to provide protected NB movement."
- "Prior to rubblization, severely distressed joints and / or cracks were documented in the NB lanes."
- "'If I come up with an idea in a meeting, it gets ignored until one of the guys says the exact same thing and then everybody listens to him. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to get promoted.' 'Being an NB person, I get very used to being misgendered.'"
- "Sexual health for trans/non-binary people / Service provision It is important for all sexual health services to consider how appropriate their set-up is for trans and NB people who may need to attend for care."
- "1972, Savannah State College (Ga.), Faculty Research Edition of the Savannah State College Bulletin The number lying to the right of a given income class indicates the probability of a family, Black (B) and non-Black (NB), living in the designated census tract, earning an income within that income class."
Usage
Inflected Forms
N.B. (alternative)
NBs (plural)