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ba by boom (baby booms ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A baby boom is a period of time when a lot of babies are born in a particular place. [INFORMAL ] □  I'm a product of the postwar baby boom.

baby boom|er /be I bi buːmə ^r / (baby boomers ) also baby-boomer N‑COUNT [oft N n] A baby boomer is someone who was born during a baby boom, especially during the years after the end of the Second World War. [INFORMAL , mainly JOURNALISM ]

ba by bug|gy (baby buggies )

1 N‑COUNT A baby buggy is a small folding seat with wheels, which a young child can sit in and which can be pushed around. [BRIT ] in AM, use stroller 2 N‑COUNT A baby buggy is another word for a baby carriage . [AM ]

ba by car|riage (baby carriages ) N‑COUNT A baby carriage is a small vehicle in which a baby can lie as it is pushed along. [AM ] in BRIT, use pram

ba|by|hood /be I bihʊd/ N‑UNCOUNT Your babyhood is the period of your life when you were a baby.

ba|by|ish /be I bi I ʃ/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Babyish actions, feelings, or looks are like a baby's, or are immature. □  …a fat, babyish face. □  I'm ashamed of the babyish nonsense I write.

baby|sit /be I bis I t/ (babysits , babysitting , babysat ) VERB If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out. □ [V + for ] I promised to babysit for Mrs Plunkett. □ [V ] You can take it in turns to babysit. □ [V n] She had been babysitting him and his four-year-old sister. ●  baby|sitter (babysitters ) N‑COUNT □  It can be difficult to find a good babysitter. ●  baby|sitting N‑UNCOUNT □  Would you like me to do any babysitting?

ba by talk also baby-talk N‑UNCOUNT Baby talk is the language used by babies when they are just learning to speak, or the way in which some adults speak when they are talking to babies. □  Maria was talking baby talk to the little one.

bac|ca|lau|re|ate /bækəlɔː riət/ (baccalaureates )

1 N‑SING The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.

2 N‑COUNT [usu N n] In the United States, a baccalaureate service or address is a service that is held or a talk that is given during the ceremony when students receive their degrees.

bach|elor /bæ tʃələ ^r / (bachelors ) N‑COUNT A bachelor is a man who has never married.

Ba ch|elor of A rts (Bachelors of Arts ) N‑COUNT A Bachelor of Arts is a first degree in an arts or social science subject. In British English, it can also mean a person with that degree. The abbreviation BA or B.A. is also used.

Ba ch|elor of Sci |ence (Bachelors of Science ) N‑COUNT A Bachelor of Science is a first degree in a science subject. In British English, it can also mean a person with that degree. The abbreviation BSc or B.Sc. is also used.

ba ch|elor's de|gree (bachelor's degrees )

1 N‑COUNT A bachelor's degree is a first degree awarded by universities.

2 → see also BA , BSc

ba|cil|lus /bəs I ləs/ (bacilli ) N‑COUNT A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.

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➊ back ◆◆◆ /bæ k/ In addition to the uses shown below, back is also used in phrasal verbs such as 'date back' and 'fall back on'. → Please look at category 17 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.

1 ADV [ADV after v] If you move back , you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before. □  The photographers drew back to let us view the body. □ [+ from ] She stepped back from the door expectantly. □  He pushed her away and she fell back on the wooden bench.