n.b.

A form of nota bene — Take special note; used to add an aside or warning to a text.

Meanings

n.b.1

interjection

alternative N.B. · alternative NB

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of nota bene.

N.B.2

phrase
  1. Alternative letter-case form of n.b..
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of New Brunswick: a province of Canada.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of North Britain.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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