"BART" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bɑɹt/ [General-American], /bɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-prop}} BART
  1. Acronym of Bay Area Rapid Transit. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Bay Area Rapid Transit
    Sense id: en-BART-en-name-OLgBBaj0 Categories (other): California English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of California English: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48

Verb

IPA: /bɑɹt/ [General-American], /bɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: BARTs [present, singular, third-person], BARTing [participle, present], BARTed [participle, past], BARTed [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-verb}} BART (third-person singular simple present BARTs, present participle BARTing, simple past and past participle BARTed)
  1. To use Bay Area Rapid Transit, to ride on BART.
    Sense id: en-BART-en-verb-dqMJPqls Categories (other): California English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of California English: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
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