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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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intj
Alternative spelling of rah (“exclamation of encouragement”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
The Egyptian god of the Sun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Egyptian
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Re
Antonyms: none provided
name
A province of Fiji.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Alternative form of RA (republican army; IRA).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Initialism of Royal Academy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Royal Artillery: a regiment in the British Army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Republic of Armenia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Resident Advisor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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name
The Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of a series of moraines, in parts of Norway, that are long ridges covered with stones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Abbreviation of average roughness
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
Initialism of receptor agonist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Initialism of republic act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: law
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noun
Initialism of rescue ambulance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of research assistant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of resident assistant: a trained student leader, within a college or university, who is given the responsibility of supervising students living in a residence hall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: education
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noun
Initialism of resolution advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of restricted area: an area that only authorized people can enter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of rheumatoid arthritis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Initialism of right ascension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Initialism of right atrium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of roughness average
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of Royal Academician: a member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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phrase
Initialism of Arabicرَضِيَ ٱللهُ عَنْهُ (raḍiya llāhu ʕanhu, “may God be pleased with him”): a suffixal honorific used to honour companions of Muhammad (and by extension, the pious deceased in some usage).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
phrase
Initialism of Arabicرَحْمَةُ ٱللهِ عَلَيْهِ (raḥmatu llāhi ʕalayhi, “may God have mercy on him”): a suffixal honorific used to honour the deceased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
(astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: right ascension, celestial longitude
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: angular distance
noun
ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Re
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Egyptian deity
noun
an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: radium, atomic number 88
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Transcription of Egyptian r:a-ra (rꜥ, “the sun; Ra”).
Borrowed from Fijian Ra.
Abbreviation.
Across languages
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
