c.e.

¹

abbreviation for

1. buyer's risk.

c.e.

²

abbreviation for

1. compass error.

Ce

³

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. cerium.

-ce

⁴

1. a multiplicative suffix occurring in once, twice, thrice.

C.E.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Chemical Engineer.
2. chief engineer.
3. Church of England.
4. Civil Engineer.
5. (in the) Common Era.
6. Corps of Engineers.

Ce

¹

the chemical symbol for

1. cerium

CE

²

abbreviation for

1. chief engineer
2. Church of England
3. civil engineer
4. Common Entrance
5. Common Era
6. Communauté Européenne (European Union)

CE

1. Abbreviation for Common Era.

Word History and Origins

Origin of c.e.¹

From Latin cāveat emptor “may the buyer beware”

Origin of c.e.²

Middle English, Old English -es adverb suffix, originally genitive singular ending; -s ¹

Example Sentences

SN 185 was first witnessed by Chinese astronomers in the year 185 C.E.

From Space Scoop

During the 18th century C.E., voyagers roving the Orinoco River—a vast watery highway stretching across the northeastern corner of South America—reported dozens of mysterious rock engravings of snakes crowning the rocky hilltops.

From Science Magazine

But Riris and colleagues suspect the art was created around the same time as pots bearing similar motifs from nearby sites, which date to between 1030 and1480 C.E.

From Science Magazine

Over the past 150 years, archaeologists have found thousands of horse burials in Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and Poland dated between 0 C.E. to the 1200s.

From Science Magazine

Strontium in the teeth of horses buried in the Baltic region between 0 C.E. and about 800 C.E. was a match for the eastern Baltic, as predicted by earlier archaeologists.

From Science Magazine