R

//ɑː(ɹ)// adj, character, det, name, noun, num, pron, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of restricted. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of reverse. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of right (as opposed to left). abbreviation, alt-of
Character
  1. 1
    The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
  2. 2
    The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase
Determiner
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of our. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of

    "This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. ☺ I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them. ☺"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Redactor(s) in the context of the documentary hypothesis, referring to a compiler and editor of the Torah. abbreviation, alt-of

    "One needs to be careful, however, to distinguish between original P and the work of the later priestly Redactor (R), who edited P and other documents in the postexilic period."

Noun
  1. 1
    Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”). alt-of, symbol
  2. 2
    the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere wordnet
  3. 3
    Symbol for radius. alt-of, symbol
  4. 4
    the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location. US, abbreviation, alt-of

    "R-Texas"

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  1. 6
    (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole wordnet
  2. 7
    Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 8
    a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air wordnet
  4. 9
    Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.; The Crown, the government of a monarchy.

    "The English case of R v R [1992] AC 599 ruled that rape can be committed by a husband against his wife."

  5. 10
    Abbreviation of ring. abbreviation, alt-of
  6. 11
    Abbreviation of rook. abbreviation, alt-of

    "1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)"

  7. 12
    Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player. abbreviation, alt-of
  8. 13
    Abbreviation of Thursday. abbreviation, alt-of, especially

    "Lecs, T R 9:05; lab, M T W R or F 1:25—4:25, or M or W 7:30—10:30 p.m."

  9. 14
    Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of
Numeral
  1. 1
    The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. lowercase
  2. 2
    The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. uppercase
Pronoun
  1. 1
    Eye dialect spelling of I. England, alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
Verb
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of are. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of

    "How r u"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ.

Etymology 2

Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ.

Etymology 3

From are and our, pronounced like the name of the letter r.

Etymology 4

From are and our, pronounced like the name of the letter r.

Etymology 5

From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.

Etymology 6

From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.

Etymology 7

Abbreviations.

Etymology 8

Abbreviations.

Etymology 9

Abbreviations.

Etymology 10

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