year zero
A non-existing year in between 1 BCE/BC and 1 CE/ADA non-existing (but often assumed) year in between 1 BCE/BC and 1 CE/AD
Meaning
2 senses(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!
(broadly, uncountable)The beginning of the Common Era/Christian Era
What was life in Rome like around the year zero?
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable