OBE
See also: obe, obe-, and o bé
English
Proper noun
OBE
- Initialism of Office of Bilingual Education.
- (US politics, historical) Initialism of Office of Business Economics, now BEA.
- Initialism of Oregon Board of Education.
- Initialism of Ottawa Board Of Education.
Noun
OBE (countable and uncountable, plural OBEs)
- Initialism of Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
- Initialism of operating-basis earthquake.
- Initialism of out-of-body experience.
- Initialism of outcome-based education.
- Initialism of one big explanation.
- 2022 November 27, William Keegan, “Brexit has made Britain the sick man of Europe again”, in The Guardian:
- For this government, the OBE for our economic troubles was first Covid, then Ukraine.
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- (powerkiting slang, humorous) Initialism of out-of-buggy experience.
Adjective
OBE (not comparable)
- Initialism of overcome / overtaken by events (i.e., now obsolete)
Anagrams
- BEO, BOE, BoE, Boe, EOB, OEB