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Bre

Bre

5 9.8
A short form of a woman's first name like Breanna or Brenda
  • proper noun
  • /breɪ/
  • Informal
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  • Everyone knows Bre for her amazing baking skills.
  • Bre-X
  • Bre Pettis
  • Bre Payton

Examples

  • They will appreciate the gesture and stay to browse a little bit longer. Thanks, Bre T.

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  • At the party, I ran into Bre, who used to be my neighbor.

  • To quote Bre from Cycle 5, "I just wanted to take off my shoes and throw up."

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  • Well done, Bre!

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  • If that's not enough, Bre Pettis, co-founder and CEO of Makerbot Industries, will be speaking at the Open Source Hardware Association conference next week with the suitably titled talk, "Challenges of Open Source Consumer Products."

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  • Bre loves to play tennis every weekend with her friends.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Bre is a friendly short form of names like Breanna and Brenda, made by using the first part 'Bre' as a nickname. So when someone is called Bre, it is simply a casual, familiar version of their full name.