Ar

//ˈɑː// adj, intj, name, noun, particle, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of autoregressive. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Intj
  1. 1
    Alternative form of arr. UK, West-Country, West-Midlands, alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Arkansas: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Arunachal Pradesh: a state of India. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of American Revolution abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    An AR-15 personal semi-automatic rifle, M-16 assault rifle, M-4 carbine, derivative or related gun; the Armalite AR family and derivatives. countable

    "In its August 2003 issue, while the ban was still in effect, Guns & Ammo ran a feature story titled “Stoner’s ‘Black Rifle’ Marches On,” subtitled “The basic AR platform has been refined, improved, upgraded, power-boosted and accurized.”"

  2. 2
    The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

    "All the ars in the inscription."

  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of ar. alt-of
  4. 4
    a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters wordnet
  5. 5
    An assault rifle or automatic rifle. countable, informal
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  1. 6
    a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere wordnet
  2. 7
    Initialism of accounts receivable. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of acknowledgment of receipt. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of age regression. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    Initialism of augmented reality. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: MR, mixed reality, spatial computing, CPS, cyber-physical system"

  6. 11
    Initialism of alternate reality. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
  7. 12
    Initialism of American record, national record for the United States. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  8. 13
    Initialism of administrative rule or administrative regulation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "As I was going over the AR book for my status change, I read several other ARs I believed the institution was violating so I decided to ask about them at the meeting."

  9. 14
    Initialism of androgen receptor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  10. 15
    Initialism of area record, best achievement among those by persons from a given continent. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  11. 16
    Initialism of armed robbery. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  12. 17
    Initialism of artificial respiration. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  13. 18
    Initialism of aspect ratio. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  14. 19
    Initialism of assembly resolution. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  15. 20
    Initialism of atmospheric river. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  16. 21
    Initialism of aerial refueling. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Particle
  1. 1
    Alternative form of arr. UK, West-Country, West-Midlands, alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Alternative form of ah (question particle). Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of are. alt-of, obsolete

    "But commonlie, the fairest bodies, ar bestowed on the foulest purposes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Etymology 4

From Middle English *ar, arres pl, from earlier *er.

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