Meanings
nb1
- InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of nobody.
i hate when i text in the gc and nb replys^([sic])
2023 May 10, @mkarrdashh, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Nov 20233 more examples
everybody say they hiring but nb hiringggg fr 🙄
2023 June 29, @imkaay, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023Do yo own thing and don't gaf about what nb else say
2023 August 31, u/Regular_Fisherman_51, “first day of high school coming up i need some advice quick”, in Reddit, r/BruceDropEmOff, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023Public school was hell bc nb wanted to be my friend or associate with me due to me being trans.
2023 October 5, u/Colors100, “Just need someone to talk to”, in Reddit, r/SuicideWatch, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023
- abbreviationinitialismball gamesInitialism of no ball.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of nota bene.
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of NB (“non-binary”).
NB2
alternative N.B. · alternative n.b.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of nota bene; used in written English to introduce something to be noted.
NB: Do not write below this line.
- abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of northbound.
Prior to rubblization, severely distressed joints and / or cracks were documented in the NB lanes.
2011, Irene K. Battaglia, Investigation of Early Distress in Wisconsin Rubblized Pavements, page 231 more example
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.
2001, East Side Access in New York, Queens, and Bronx Counties, New York, and Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York: Environmental Impact Statement, page 50 - abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of non-binary.
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.
2019, Laura Mitchell, Bridie Howe, D. Ashley Price, Babiker Elawad, K. Nathan Sankar, Oxford Handbook of GUM and HIV, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 461 more example
'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.'
2017, Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker, How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 75 - abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of nonblack.
Plaintiffs could argue that their position vis-a-vis the non-black (NB) casuals was discriminatory, […]
1994, Employment Practices Decisions2 more examples
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.
Perhaps stress-strain testing appears to be superior to ODC testing in between-lab operations, because it is an older and more established test technique. Part 2 of Table 10.A9 allows a comparison for non-black (NB) and black (B) testing.
2003, Basic Rubber Testing, ASTM International, page 202
- abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of northbound.
plural NBs
- USabbreviationinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of NASA research bomber plane, a prefix code in designations.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of newborn.
Newborns (NBs) with a birth weight between […] An NB is considered large-for-gestational age (LGA) when its weight is greater than the 90th percentile for […]
2006, Asim Kurjak, Frank A. Chervenak, Textbook of Perinatal Medicine, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 1348 - abbreviationmedicineAbbreviation of neuroblastoma.
NBs are also seen in newborns and may be detected in the fetus by antenatal imaging, most often associated with favourable prognostic features. Common sites for primary NB are the adrenal glands (48%), extraadrenal retroperitoneum […]
2014, Andy Adam, Adrian K. Dixon, Jonathan H Gillard, Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Ronald G. Grainger, David J. Allison, Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1972 - abbreviationinitialismbiologyInitialism of nuclear body.
- abbreviationinitialismmathematicsInitialism of negative binomial.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of non-binary.
[…] instructors could ask students a question Darwin addresses in her research: “how do NBs (nonbinary people) visually convey their gender identity, so as to achieve their desired gender attribution?” […]
2023, Sergio A. Cabrera, Stephen Sweet, Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Sociology, page 141
- CanadaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of New Brunswick: a province of Canada.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of West Nusa Tenggara: a province of Indonesia (from Indonesian Nusa Tenggara Barat).
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Numberblocks.
nB3
- abbreviationAbbreviation of nanobel.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something
nouna soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 注意
- 注意 (zhu yi)nota bene
Czech pozn.
- pozn.nota bene
Danish NB
- NBnota bene
Finnish HUOM, Huom
- HUOMnota bene
- Huomnota bene
French NB
- NBNew Brunswick
Norwegian NB, Notabene
- NBnota bene
- Notabenenota bene
Polish nb, NB
- nbnota bene
- NBnorthbound
- NBNew Brunswick
Swedish obs, observera
- obsnota bene
- observeranota bene
Cite this entry
nb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nb
“nb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nb. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nb,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nb.
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