Mr
adj, name, noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of Mister. British, abbreviation, alt-of, especially
"[...] Patrick lord Ruthven, Sir John Maxwell of Teregles, knight, William Maitland of Lethington younger, John Wiseheart of Pittarrow, and Mr Henry Balnaves of Hallhill, in name and behalf a noble and mighty prince James, duke of Chatelherault, second person of the realm of Scotland, and the remanent lords of his part, joined with him in this cause [...]"
- 2 Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance imag[e/er/ing]”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
"2007 March 30, Elizabeth Mossis, M.D. (guest),“Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio"
- 3 Abbreviation of millirem. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 a form of address for a man wordnet
- 5 Abbreviation of March. British, abbreviation, alt-of, especially
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- 6 Initialism of modified release. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Controlled release (CR), modified release (MR), orally disintegrating tablets (ODT), and other innovative dosage forms are still of interest to both pharmaceutical producers and suppliers."
- 7 Initialism of mitral regurgitation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of mandatory release. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of merge request. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of mixed reality. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 Initialism of Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Lord Denning MR"
- 15 Initialism of mortality rate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 16 Initialism of mental retardation, a deprecated former term for intellectual disability. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 17 Initialism of magnetic resonance abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 18 Initialism of magnetoresistance abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 Initialism of mentally retarded. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, special
- 2 Initialism of magnetoresistive abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 1 Initialism of Midland Railway. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More examples"It just so happened that Mr Yamada came from the same town."
Etymology
Abbreviation of Mister.
Abbreviation.
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