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year zero en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (literally, uncountable) a non-existing (but often assumed) year in between 1 BCE/BC and 1 CE/AD
   • The new millennium only began in 2001 because there is no year zero!
2. (broadly, uncountable) the beginning of the Common Era/Christian Era
   • What was life in Rome like around the year zero?