BEV

See also: bev, Bev, and BeV

English

Proper noun

BEV

1. Initialism of Black English Vernacular.
   • 1972, William Labov, Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular:

     Every step that we take in approaching the black English vernacular will be influenced by our fundamental attitude to the question: how different is BEV from other dialects of English?

Noun

BEV (plural BEVs)

1. Initialism of battery electric vehicle.

   Hypernyms: EV, ZEV

   Coordinate terms: hybrid, PHEV, PZEV, REEV, SULEV

   • 2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, The Car Show:

     There are no currently available technologies which can provide all of the energy required for the life of a BEV car.

Anagrams

• EBV