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O.B.E.

abbreviation for

  1. Officer (of the Order) of the British Empire.
  2. Order of the British Empire.


OBE

abbreviation for

  1. Officer of the Order of the British Empire (a Brit title)
  2. out-of-body experience
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

June Spencer was made an OBE in 1991 and a CBE in Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday Honours List in 2017.

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Spencer was made both an OBE and CBE and in June 2010 she received the Freedom of the City of London.

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Its boss Helen Dickinson OBE said that the figures were "disappointing".

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"If you spot any of the three common signs of a stroke in someone, the first thing you should do is call 999," said Juliet Bouverie OBE, the association's chief executive.

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He was made an OBE in 2009 for his services to equal opportunities and to community relations and had a train named after him in 2020.

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