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Bcc

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/ˌbiː siː ˈsiː/abbreviationCommon term

In office & administration, bcc means: Short for blind carbon copy: an email field for recipients whose addresses the other recipients cannot see.

In Turkish: gizli bilgi, BCC, gizli alıcı

How it is used

Used for emails to large groups of people who do not know each other, such as everyone attending an event, so their addresses stay private. Also a verb: "I'll bcc the whole list." Using bcc secretly to show your manager a conversation can damage trust.

Example sentences

  1. Please bcc all the participants so their email addresses aren't shared.

  2. I was in bcc on that email, so I didn't reply.

Common collocations

  • bcc someone
  • put someone in bcc
  • bcc field
  • use bcc
  • ccShort for carbon copy: to send a copy of an email to someone for information, or the field where you put their address.
  • reply allTo answer an email by sending your reply to the sender and to everyone else who received the original message.
  • forwardTo send an email or message you have received on to another person, or to send calls or post on to a different number or address.
  • confidentialPrivate and meant to be seen only by certain people, such as salary details, contracts or personal information about staff and clients.

This word in other fields

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