Definition of "CE"

CE

proper noun
1. Initialism of Common Era, Current Era or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
  Quotations
  Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E.
  1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12
2. Initialism of Church of England.. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
3. Initialism of Canadian English. (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan")
4. Abbreviation of Ceará (“a state of Brazil”).
5. (education) Initialism of Common Entrance.
noun
plural CEs
1. Initialism of civil engineer.
2. Initialism of computer engineer.
3. Initialism of close encounter.