r

character
/ɑː(ɹ)/UK/ɑɹ/US/ɔːɹ//ɑː/UK

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from letter Ρ — “rho

Definitions

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

  2. The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin…

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

  3. Abbreviation of are.

    • How r u
    • What r u doing? Jacquie texted Opal. She put her phone on the bed and went to her suitcase to get her swimsuit.
  4. + 15 more definitions
    1. Abbreviation of our.

    2. Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).

    3. Symbol for radius.

    4. Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.

      • R-Texas
    5. Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch…

      Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.

    6. Abbreviation of ring.

    7. Abbreviation of rook.

      • 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 (=)
      • The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+ Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.
    8. Abbreviation of run(s)

      Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.

    9. Abbreviation of Thursday.

      • 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.
      • 8:30 MWF (3 x 1 hour) […] 8:30-10 TR (2 x 1.5 hours)
      • Office Hours: MTWRF: 9:00–11:00, 1:30–3:00 or stop by my office anytime.
    10. Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.

    11. Abbreviation of restricted.

    12. Abbreviation of reverse.

    13. Abbreviation of right (as opposed to left).

    14. Abbreviation of Redactor(s) in the context of the documentary hypothesis, referring to a…

      Abbreviation of Redactor(s) in the context of the documentary hypothesis, referring to a compiler and editor of the Torah.

      • 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.
    15. Eye dialect spelling of I.

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Derived

CIIIR, CRIII, CR, EIIR, ER, EVIIR, GVR, GVIR, VIR, VR, VRI

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for r. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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