"DR" meaning in English

See DR in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} DR (not comparable)
  1. (pathology) Initialism of drug resistant. (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: drug resistant (extra: used to refer to strains of tuberculosis) Categories (topical): Pathology Hyponyms: MDR, TDR, XDR Derived forms: DR-TB, MDR, MDR-TB, TDR, TDR-TB, XDR, XDR-TB
    Sense id: en-DR-en-adj-gQQ~Qs31 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} DR
  1. Initialism of Dominican Republic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Dominican Republic
    Sense id: en-DR-en-name-QJfBGVsR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 42 6 22 1 21 1 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: DRs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} DR (plural DRs)
  1. (information technology) Initialism of disaster recovery. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: disaster recovery Categories (topical): Computing
  2. (nautical, navigation) Initialism of dead reckoning. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: dead reckoning Categories (topical): Nautical, Navigation
    Sense id: en-DR-en-noun-H7~QoBfY Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (SEO) Initialism of domain rating. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: domain rating Categories (topical): Internet, Marketing
    Sense id: en-DR-en-noun-800P-6~r
  4. (politics) Initialism of dissident right. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: dissident right Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-DR-en-noun-D99EaGec Topics: government, politics
  5. (spirituality) Initialism of desired reality. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: desired reality
    Sense id: en-DR-en-noun-dRajNMgp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Probably from Latin dēbēre. Etymology templates: {{m|la|dēbēre}} dēbēre Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} DR (uncountable)
  1. (accounting) Debit. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-DR-en-noun-jlGhLebB Topics: accounting, business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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