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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈɑː/
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General-American:
/ˈɑɹ/
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Ireland:
/ˈaɹ/
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Ireland:
/ˈäːɹ/
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/ˈɑɹə/
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Initialism of autoregressive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative form of arr.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, West-Country, West-Midlands, alt-of, alternative
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Abbreviation of Arkansas: a state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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Synonyms: Ark., Ark
Antonyms: none provided
Abbreviation of Arunachal Pradesh: a state of India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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Abbreviation of American Revolution
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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Synonyms: ARW, AWI
Antonyms: none provided
An AR-15 personal semi-automatic rifle, M-16 assault rifle, M-4 carbine, derivative or related gun; the Armalite AR family and derivatives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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An assault rifle or automatic rifle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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Initialism of accounts receivable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only, uncountable
Topics: accounting, business, finance
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Initialism of acknowledgment of receipt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Qualifier: postal
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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Initialism of age regression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Qualifier: age regression
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Initialism of augmented reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
Near-synonyms: MR, mixed reality, spatial computing, CPS, cyber-physical system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: MR, mixed reality, spatial computing, CPS, w:cyber-physical system
Antonyms: none provided
Initialism of alternate reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
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Initialism of American record, national record for the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Initialism of administrative rule or administrative regulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Initialism of androgen receptor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Initialism of area record, best achievement among those by persons from a given continent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Initialism of armed robbery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Qualifier: crime
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Initialism of artificial respiration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: emergency-medicine, medicine, sciences
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Initialism of aspect ratio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
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Initialism of assembly resolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, law, politics
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Initialism of atmospheric river.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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Initialism of aerial refueling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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The name of the Latin script letter R/r.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
All the ars in the inscription.
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Antonyms: none provided
Alternative letter-case form of ar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Alternative form of arr.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, West-Country, West-Midlands, alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
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Alternative form of ah (question particle).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
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Obsolete spelling of are.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: Arkansas, Land of Opportunity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: American state
a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: are
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area unit, square measure
a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: argon, atomic number 18
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, noble gas, inert gas, argonon
Abbreviation.
From Middle English *ar, arres pl, from earlier *er.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
er
— name of the letter R, r
Arabic :
آر
(ʔār)
— name of the letter R, r
Asturian :
erre
— name of the letter R, r
Bengali :
আর
(ar)
— name of the letter R, r
Bulgarian :
ер
(er)
— name of the letter R, r
Burmese :
အာရ်
(ar)
— name of the letter R, r
Catalan :
erra
— name of the letter R, r
Czech :
er
— name of the letter R, r
Danish :
er
— name of the letter R, r
Dutch :
er
— name of the letter R, r
Esperanto :
ro
— name of the letter R, r
Faroese :
err
— name of the letter R, r
Finnish :
är
— name of the letter R, r
Finnish :
ärrä
— name of the letter R, r
French :
erre
— name of the letter R, r
Galician :
erre
— name of the letter R, r
Greek :
αρ
(ar)
— name of the letter R, r
Hawaiian :
rō
— name of the letter R, r
Hindi :
आर
(ār)
— name of the letter R, r
Ido :
re
— name of the letter R, r
Indonesian :
er
— name of the letter R, r
Irish :
ear
— name of the letter R, r
Irish :
ruis
— name of the letter R, r
Italian :
erre
— name of the letter R, r
Japanese :
アール
(āru)
— name of the letter R, r
Korean :
알
(al)
— name of the letter R, r
Korean :
아르
(areu)
— name of the letter R, r
Latin :
er
— name of the letter R, r
Malay :
ar
— name of the letter R, r
Marathi :
आर
(ār)
— name of the letter R, r
Occitan :
èrra
— name of the letter R, r
Persian :
ار
(er)
— name of the letter R, r
Persian :
آر
(âr)
— name of the letter R, r
Portuguese :
erre
— name of the letter R, r
Russian :
ар
(ar)
— name of the letter R, r
Russian :
эр
(er)
— name of the letter R, r
Serbo-Croatian :
ер
— name of the letter R, r
Serbo-Croatian :
er
— name of the letter R, r
Spanish :
erre
— name of the letter R, r
Spanish :
letra canina
— name of the letter R, r
Tagalog :
ar
— name of the letter R, r
Tagalog :
ra (Abakada)
— name of the letter R, r
Tagalog :
ere
— name of the letter R, r
Thai :
อาร์
(aa)
— name of the letter R, r
Turkish :
re
— name of the letter R, r
Vietnamese :
e-rờ
— name of the letter R, r
Vietnamese :
rờ
— name of the letter R, r
Welsh :
er
— name of the letter R, r