Ocr
name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of optical character recognition (the technology or principle). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 2 Initialism of optical character reader (the scanning device). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 3 Initialism of obstacle course racing. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of obstacle course race. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 5 Initialism of one coat render. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 1 To perform optical character recognition upon. transitive
"Google Book Search is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans, OCRs, and stores in its digital database."
- 1 Initialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board). UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Initialism of Office for Civil Rights. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"“As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads."
- 3 Initialism of Office of the Chief Rabbi. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More examples"“As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads."
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