cbc

«cbc» in Mova's school dictionary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's public… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

abbreviation (CBC)

meaning for a pupil

1) The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's public radio and TV broadcaster (in French: Radio-Canada). tree →

2) (medicine) A complete blood count, a common blood test that counts the different kinds of cells in your blood. tree →

sense in the lessons

In Canada, children know CBC for news, radio and kids' shows (CBC Kids); it is like the BBC in the UK or the ABC in Australia. In health, a doctor may order a CBC to check for illness. It is an abbreviation, not a word.

examples

• We watched the news on CBC. (Canada) tree →
• CBC Kids has lots of cartoons. tree →
• The doctor ordered a CBC blood test. tree →
• CBC is Canada's public broadcaster, like the BBC. tree →
• My aunt works for CBC radio in Toronto. tree →
• A CBC counts red cells, white cells and platelets. tree →

note

An abbreviation, written in capital letters: CBC, said letter by letter «see-bee-see». The input is lower case only because of the word list. Not to be confused with the BBC (UK) or the ABC (Australia).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cbc» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.