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Definition: Ce |
CeNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CE | Danish | Betinget væsentlig | Post & Telecom |
CE | Dutch | Voorwaardelijk essentieel | Post & Telecom |
CE | English | Chief Executive | N/A |
CE | French | Contre-espionnage | N/A |
CE | German | Konditional wesentlich | Post & Telecom |
CE | Italian | Comunit europee | European Union |
CE | Portuguese | Comunidades Europeias | European Union |
CE | Spanish | Condicional esencial | Post & Telecom |
CE | Swedish | Villkorligt väsentlig | N/A |
| CECOMAF | Italian | Comitato europeo dei Costruttori di Materiale Frigorifero della CE | Industry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CeSynonyms: atomic number 58 (n), cerium (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Ce |
| English words defined with "Ce": One-valued function. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Ce": Apple Newton ♦ CE transistor, Cerium Radioisotopes, Cigogne, COGO, Coiffer to Sainte Catherine, computer services division, Corbeaux ♦ Fingers ♦ Geneva Bible ♦ IBM Customer Engineer, Intendance Militaire, Isidorian Decretals ♦ Jenny l'Ouvrieere ♦ laadunvalvonta ♦ Magnifique ... Guerre ♦ Nous Avons Change Tout Cela ♦ palmtop, Poisson d'Avril, Premier Pas ♦ quality assurance representative ♦ reenforcer, regulatory and scientific affairs ♦ STRUDL ♦ Ventre-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). |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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![]() | 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. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
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. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 35.92% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Noun (singular) | 34.51% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Unclassified Items | 18.31% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (common) | 7.75% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.52% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 142 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | CE Consumer Electronic AG | Sweden | Digital illusions CE AB |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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 transistor EC (CE transistor), ângulo CE (CE angle). (various references) c' (cia, for co, where?). (various references) coeficiente Ce de Middleton (Middleton's Ce coefficient), transistor EC (CE transistor), ángulo CE (CE angle). (various references) Middletons Ce-koefficient (Middleton's Ce coefficient), gemensam emitterkopplad transistor (CE transistor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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). | |
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3771 |
| 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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