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

character

  1. 1

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

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.

numeral

  1. 1

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

noun

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Variant of reverseSymbol for reverse (“gear setting”).

  3. 3

    Variant of radiusSymbol for radius.

  4. 4

    Variant of RepublicanAbbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.

    R-Texas

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    Variant of ringAbbreviation of ring.

  7. 7

    Variant of rookAbbreviation 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. 8

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

  9. 9

    Variant of ThursdayAbbreviation 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. 10

    Variant of regionAbbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.

  11. 11

    Variant of rotationAbbreviation of rotation.

Etymology

Abbreviations.

adjective

  1. 1

    Variant of restrictedAbbreviation of restricted.

  2. 2

    Variant of reverseAbbreviation of reverse.

  3. 3

    Variant of rightAbbreviation of right (as opposed to left).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A programming language for statistics and data visualization.

  2. 2

    Variant of Redactor(s) in the context of the documentary hypothesisAbbreviation 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.

pronoun

  1. 1

    Variant of IinformalEye dialect spelling of I.

Etymology

See I.

Forms

plural
Rs, R's
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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