Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).

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Common synonyms include: accounts receivable, apron, backstage, band shell, bandstand, board.

R

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

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Definitions

Noun

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

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(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole wordnet
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Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name. abbreviation, alt-of
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
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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."
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Abbreviation of ring. abbreviation, alt-of
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 (=)"
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Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player. abbreviation, alt-of
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."
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Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of

Verb

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Abbreviation of are. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
"How r u"

Adjective

1
Abbreviation of restricted. abbreviation, alt-of
2
Abbreviation of reverse. abbreviation, alt-of
3
Abbreviation of right (as opposed to left). abbreviation, alt-of

Character

1
The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
2
The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase

Numeral

1
The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. lowercase
2
The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. uppercase

Determiner

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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. ☺"

Pronoun

1
Eye dialect spelling of I. England, alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling

Proper Noun

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."

Synonyms

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accounts receivable apron backstage band shell bandstand board

Antonyms

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d l

Example

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"What r u doing? Jacquie texted Opal. She put her phone on the bed and went to her suitcase to get her swimsuit."

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

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

Etymology 3

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 4

Abbreviations.

Etymology 5

See I.

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