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Ce

Definition: Ce

Ce

Noun

1. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Ce" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references)

"Ce" is a common misspelling or typo for: aces, cant, cart, clap, coo, cue, iced.


Specialty Definitions: Ce

DomainDefinitions

Computing

CE IBM Customer Engineer. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Shipping

Abbreviation for "Consumption Entry." The process of declaring the importation of foreign made goods for use in the United States. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Ce

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CE

DanishBetinget væsentligPost & Telecom

CE

DutchVoorwaardelijk essentieelPost & Telecom

CE

EnglishChief ExecutiveN/A

CE

FrenchContre-espionnageN/A

CE

GermanKonditional wesentlichPost & Telecom

CE

ItalianComunit europeeEuropean Union

CE

PortugueseComunidades EuropeiasEuropean Union

CE

SpanishCondicional esencialPost & Telecom

CE

SwedishVillkorligt väsentligN/A
CECOMAFItalianComitato europeo dei Costruttori di Materiale Frigorifero della CEIndustry

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Ce

Synonyms: atomic number 58 (n), cerium (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Ce

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Evidence

Ce justificative; deed, warranty; (security);

Rejoicing

Phrase: the heart leaping with joy; ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire; "Laughter holding both his sides"; " le roi est mort, vive le roi "; "with his eyes in flood with laughter".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Ce

English words defined with "Ce": One-valued function. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Ce": Apple NewtonCE transistor, Cerium Radioisotopes, Cigogne, COGO, Coiffer to Sainte Catherine, computer services division, CorbeauxFingersGeneva BibleIBM Customer Engineer, Intendance Militaire, Isidorian DecretalsJenny l'OuvrieerelaadunvalvontaMagnifique ... GuerreNous Avons Change Tout Celapalmtop, Poisson d'Avril, Premier Pasquality assurance representativereenforcer, regulatory and scientific affairsSTRUDLVentre-saint-Gris!Win32, Windows CE. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Ce" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (it, that, that over there, this, those), French Canadian (that, this), Italian (us), Romanian (as, how, like, something, such as, that, what, what .., which), Scottish (how?, what?, why?), Turkish (peekaboo).

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Modern Usage: Ce

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I see you have had some tea, n'est ce pas? (Poirot; writing credit: Clive Exton; Anthony Horowitz)

Comme a. Tu sais ce qui sort de ta bouche, quand tu es méchante? (Sirène du Mississippi, La; writing credit: Franois Truffaut)

Je sais ce que tu es en train de faire. (Sirène du Mississippi, La; writing credit: Franois Truffaut)

Lyrics

Ce soir (Someone I love, Someone who loves me; performing artist: Dion)

Assouvir ce désir (Humana; performing artist: Fabian)

Movie/TV Titles

Padena - le jour de ce soir-l (1974)

Di mamma non ce n'è una sola (1974)

Tutti gli altri son nessuno Di Tressette ce n'è uno (1974)

Au théâtre ce soir: Folie douce (1973)

À qui appartient ce gage? (1973)

Song Titles

Count On Me (performing artist: Whitney Houston & Ce Ce Winans)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Ce

DomainTitle

References

  • CE Consumer Electronic AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Digital illusions CE AB: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Developing Windows CE .Net Devices (reference)

  • EMbedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications (reference)

  • Professional Visual Basic Windows CE Programming [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Programming Microsoft Windows Ce (reference)

  • Roberte Ce Soir and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes: And the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Ce

Computer Images:
Ce

More images...

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Photo Album: Ce

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Vous sortez de chez ce brave parent; vous paraissez inquiet? / Par Draner. [i.e. Jules Renard].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Ce Qu'on Dit Et Ce Qu'on Pense / G. lith. de Gihaut frères.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Ne vous melez, jamais des affairs d'autrui: : Ce que l'on voit ici montre ce qu'il en cuit! / Louis Legrand.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Bien des personnes disent sans doute: ce sont des charlatans... / F.C. chez. Aubert, galerie vero dodat. Lith. de Benard.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Ce ciel est notre azur ce champ est notre terre! Cette Lorraine et cette Alsace, c'est á nous!" Victor Hugo.Credit: Library of Congress.

"Ce ciel est notre azur ce champ est notre terre! Cette Lorraine et cette Alsace, c'est á nous!" Victor Hugo.Credit: Library of Congress.

Pompidou : il tient ce qu'il promet.Credit: Library of Congress.

1 mai, zina solidaritatii internationale a celor ce muncesc.Credit: Library of Congress.

Le Centre veut une assemblee regionale elue par vous ... a plusieurs questions une seule reponse : c'est inacceptable, non a ce referendum.Credit: Library of Congress.

Les socialistes tennent ce qu'ils promettent : ils ne promettent que ce qu'ils pouvent tenir.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Ce

AuthorQuotation

Pierre Francois Joseph Bosquet

C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre. (It is magnificient, but it isn't war.)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ce

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Followup of the patients 8 years after the surgery showed that the benefit of CE surgery was maintained. (references)

The second part of the NASCET study looked at the effect of CE for symptomatic patients with moderate stenosis (30-69%) and involved a total of 2,885 patients at more than 100 centers worldwide. (references)

The NINDS then issued a clinical alert to announce the findings, recommending to the medical community that all qualified symptomatic stroke patients with severe stenosis of the carotid artery receive CE by a qualified neurosurgeon or vascular surgeon. (references)

Business

CE mark is not accepted by IMBiGS as a valid certificate. (references)

However, all imported ACR equipment needs the CE mark and certificate. (references)

The CE mark denotes that the product conforms with the requirements of the directive. (references)

Economic History

Spain

A requirement for most tenders is that the medical devices have the CE Mark. (references)

France

Since June 1998, as in the rest of Europe, all medical devices sold in France must bear the CE Mark. (references)

Spain

All equipment must be CE marked and in some cases be certified in Spain if it is to be connected to the Public Switching Network or use the electromagnetic spectrum for transmission. (references)

Human Rights

China

In January 1999, dissident Wang Ce was tried and defended himself, reportedly because lawyers recommended by the court refused to take his case. (references)

Political Economy

HUNGARY

As such, products of U.S. origin that bear the CE mark may not receive testing-free entry into Hungary. (references)

SPAIN

CE registration in any EU member state is recognized in Spain, which shortens the approval process particularly for telecom and medical equipment. (references)

Trade

Norway

The CE label should incorporate name/address of manufacture, Ser. (references)

Austria

Ultimately, a CE mark will be required for most U.S. manufactured imports. (references)

Denmark

Currently the following 21 product directives require CE marking by the manufacturer. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Ce

"Ce" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 35.92% of the time. "Ce" is used about 142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)35.92%5147,619
Noun (singular)34.51%4948,677
Unclassified Items18.31%2668,323
Noun (common)7.75%11106,044
Lexical Verb (base form)3.52%5157,705
                    Total100.00%142N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Ce

CountryNameCountryName
Germany

CE Consumer Electronic AG

Sweden

Digital illusions CE AB

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Ce

Expressions using "Ce": attestation CE de type ce justificative CE transistor Kennedy Space Ce windows CE. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "Ce": est-ce, n'est-ce.

Containing "Ce": est-ce-que, n'est-ce-pas, Pas-ce-soir.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ce

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  window ce

1,136

  ce ce winans

27

  ce

904

  ce serial

27

  ce mark

312

  window ce 3.0

27

  ce marking

284

  ce pak power

26

  nursing ce

173

  window ce free software

26

  ce quadrant

132

  ce est qu qu une ville

24

  ce weekly

123

  window ce downloads

23

  window ce software

108

  microsoft window ce

23

  window ce game

91

  ce hua lei

22

  window ce download

48

  window ce emulator

22

  pharmacy ce

47

  ce software

21

  win ce

44

  ce star

21

  window ce free ware

40

  window ce program

20

  ce solution

37

  free ce

20

  ce powerpak

32

  window ce 2.0

20

  ce gun show

31

  free game for window ce

19

  window ce services

31

  ce certification

19

  ce ce peniston

29

  ce free pharmacy

18

  ce credit

28

  insurance ce

17

  ce quadrant just burn

28

  window ce application

16
  

fic ce

16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Ce

Language Translations for "Ce"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

" (Cerium). (various references)

   

Danish

  

CE-vinkel (CE angle), transistor i faelles-emitter kobling (CE transistor). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

transistor in CE schakeling (CE transistor). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yhteisemitteritransistori (CE transistor), Middletonin Ce-kerroin (Middleton's Ce coefficient). (various references)

   

French

  

coefficient Ce de Middleton (Middleton's Ce coefficient), transistor en émetteur commun (CE transistor), angle CE (CE angle). (various references)

   

German

  

CE-Winkel (CE angle), Centrum-Ecken-Winkel (CE angle), Transistor in Emitterschaltung (CE transistor). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κρυσταλλοτρίοδος γειωμένου εκπομπού (CE transistor), γωνία CE (CE angle), τρανζίστορ κοινού εκπομπού (CE transistor). (various references)

   

Italian

  

transistore collegato a emettitore comune (CE transistor). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

세륨 (Cerium). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecay

   

Portuguese

  

transistor EC (CE transistor), ângulo CE (CE angle). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

c' (cia, for co, where?). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

coeficiente Ce de Middleton (Middleton's Ce coefficient), transistor EC (CE transistor), ángulo CE (CE angle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Middletons Ce-koefficient (Middleton's Ce coefficient), gemensam emitterkopplad transistor (CE transistor). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Ce

Derivations

Words beginning with "Ce": ceanothus, ceanothuses, cease, ceased, ceasefire, ceasefires, ceaseless, ceaselessly, ceaselessness, ceaselessnesses, ceases, ceasing, cebid, cebids, ceboid, ceboids, ceca, cecal, cecally, cecum, cedar, cedarbird, cedarbirds, cedarn, cedars, cedarwood, cedarwoods, cede, ceded, ceder, ceders, cedes, cedi, cedilla, cedillas, ceding, cedis, cedula, cedulas, cee, cees, ceiba, ceibas, ceil, ceiled, ceiler, ceilers, ceiling, ceilinged, ceilings, ceilometer. (additional references)

Words ending with "Ce": abduce, aberrance, abeyance, abhorrence, abidance, absence, absorbance, absorptance, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accidence, accomplice, accordance, ace, acquaintance, acquiesce, acquiescence, acquittance, acutance, adamance, adduce, adherence, admittance, adolescence, advance, advertence, advice, aerospace, affiance, affirmance, affluence, afterpiece, airspace, allegiance, alliance, allowance, allspice, almuce, altarpiece, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambsace, ambulance, amerce, amesace, amice, anglice, anlace, announce. (additional references)

Words containing "Ce": abduced, abducens, abducent, abducentes, abduces, abecedarian, abecedarians, aberrances, abeyances, abhorrences, abidances, abscess, abscessed, abscesses, abscessing, absences, absorbances, absorptances, abstinences, abundances, acanthocephalan, acanthocephalans, acaulescent, accede, acceded, acceder, acceders, accedes, acceding, accelerando, accelerandos, accelerant, accelerants, accelerate, accelerated, accelerates, accelerating, acceleratingly, acceleration, accelerations, accelerative, accelerator, accelerators, accelerometer, accelerometers, accent, accented, accenting, accentless, accentor, accentors. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Ce

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "c-e"
 

+1 letter: ace, cee, cel, cep, cue, ecu, ice, pec, rec, sec.

 

+2 letters: aced, aces, ache, acme, acne, acre, alec, beck, bice, cade, cafe, cage, cake, came, cane, cape, care, case, cate, cave, ceca, cede, cedi, cees, ceil, cell, cels, celt, cent, cepe, ceps, cere, cero, cess, cete, chef, chew, chez, cine, cire, cite, clef, clew, clue, code, coed, coke, cole, come, cone, cope, core, cote, cove, crew, cube, cued, cues, cuke, cure, cute, cyme, dace, deck, deco, dice, duce, each, eche, echo, ecru, ecus, emic, epic, etch, etic, exec, face, feck, fice, fyce, geck, heck, iced, ices, keck, lace, lech, lice, luce, mace, mice, neck, nice, once, pace, pech, peck, pecs, pice, puce, race, reck, recs, rice, secs, sect, sice, spec, syce, tace, vice, yech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Ce


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3771

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Company Usage
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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