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Cr

adj, name, noun, symbol, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of controlled release. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Costa Rica. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Czech Republic. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Caledonian Railway. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Charles Rex (“King Charles”). UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of creatine. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Initialism of county road. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Credit. uncountable
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of creditor or credit. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
  5. 5
    a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing wordnet
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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of creatinine. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 7
    Initialism of country route. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Abbreviation of Councillor. Australia, abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 9
    Initialism of caloric restriction. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    Initialism of carriage return. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  6. 11
    Initialism of clarification request. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Whereas, in a community endowed with a language that lacks CRification, as I refer to the interaction brought about by a CR, the emergent divergence among language users is so high that the language eventually dies out."

  7. 12
    Initialism of complete response. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  8. 13
    Initialism of complete remission. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  9. 14
    Initialism of computed radiography. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  10. 15
    Initialism of comfort room (“a lavatory”). Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of conditioned reflex. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  12. 17
    Initialism of conditioned response. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of consciousness-raising. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Roe v. Wade was preceded by all those moments that make a movement: tentative and explosive sharings in kitchens and CR groups; times of great courage and stillness, […]"

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    Initialism of championship record or competition record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of continuing resolution. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Most continuing resolutions are temporary measures that expire on the date specified in the CR, or are superseded by enactment of the regular appropriations act."

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    Initialism of community resolution. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  17. 22
    Initialism of Championship Record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  18. 23
    Initialism of Circuit Record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  19. 24
    Initialism of Competition Record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  20. 25
    Initialism of Course Record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of Cup Record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of Canadian Record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  23. 28
    Initialism of Commonwealth Record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Symbol
  1. 1
    crore
Verb
  1. 1
    to go to the comfort room Philippines, colloquial

    "I will CR later after lunch."

Etymology

Probably from Latin crēdēre; compare DR.

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