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# cbc

abbreviation (CBC)

«cbc» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's public radio and TV broadcaster (in French: Radio-Canada). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/#m1)
2. (medicine) A complete blood count, a common blood test that counts the different kinds of cells in your blood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/#x1)
- CBC Kids has lots of cartoons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/#x2)
- The doctor ordered a CBC blood test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/#x3)
- CBC is Canada's public broadcaster, like the BBC. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/#x4)
- My aunt works for CBC radio in Toronto. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/#x5)
- A CBC counts red cells, white cells and platelets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/#x6)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cbc» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cbc/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cbc» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cbc.html) on Mova free.