"MR" meaning in English

See MR in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} MR (not comparable)
  1. (education, special education) Initialism of mentally retarded. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, special Alternative form of: mentally retarded
    Sense id: en-MR-en-adj-dWUP2yTp Categories (other): Education Topics: education
  2. Initialism of magnetoresistive Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: magnetoresistive Coordinate_terms: GMR
    Sense id: en-MR-en-adj-RCvQTjNB

Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} MR
  1. (UK, rail transport) Initialism of Midland Railway. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Midland Railway Synonyms: Midland

Noun

Forms: MRs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} MR (countable and uncountable, plural MRs)
  1. Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance imag[e/er/ing]”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: MRI (extra: magnetic resonance imag[e/er/ing])
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-XQUMXYzY
  2. (pharmacology, medicine) Initialism of modified release. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: modified release
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-U4iGNmat Categories (other): Medicine, Pharmacology Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  3. (cardiology) Initialism of mitral regurgitation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: mitral regurgitation Synonyms: MI
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-o9QJRjQX Categories (other): Cardiology Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
  4. (biochemistry) Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: mineralocorticoid receptor
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-giceSDok Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  5. (prison system) Initialism of mandatory release. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: mandatory release
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-Q-woQ7AU
  6. (sports) Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: meeting record (extra: the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting)
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-WEgJeVFg Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  7. (US military) Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record. Tags: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record Synonyms: MFR
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-MpyUBu9b Categories (other): American English, Military, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 7 5 1 5 4 0 3 10 17 15 1 4 12 1 6 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 2 5 9 4 2 5 4 1 4 15 12 12 4 4 10 2 5 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  8. (software engineering) Initialism of merge request. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: merge request Synonyms: PR
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-eSNPJBrB Categories (other): Software engineering, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 1 4 6 4 1 5 3 0 2 8 12 11 3 3 10 0 4 8 4 4 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 4 5 6 0 4 3 0 2 8 12 12 1 3 10 0 4 8 4 5 0 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 7 5 1 5 4 0 3 10 17 15 1 4 12 1 6 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 2 5 9 4 2 5 4 1 4 15 12 12 4 4 10 2 5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  9. (computing) Initialism of mixed reality. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: mixed reality
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-vNE9kqfY Categories (other): Computing, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 1 4 6 4 1 5 3 0 2 8 12 11 3 3 10 0 4 8 4 4 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 4 5 6 0 4 3 0 2 8 12 12 1 3 10 0 4 8 4 5 0 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 7 5 1 5 4 0 3 10 17 15 1 4 12 1 6 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 2 5 9 4 2 5 4 1 4 15 12 12 4 4 10 2 5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  10. Initialism of Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-zZGe6Azg
  11. Initialism of mortality rate. Wikidata QID: Q58702 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: mortality rate Synonyms: DR, death rate
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-en:Q58702
  12. Initialism of mental retardation, a deprecated former term for intellectual disability. Wikidata QID: Q183560 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: mental retardation (extra: a deprecated former term for intellectual disability)
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-en:Q183560 Categories (other): Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 4 5 6 0 4 3 0 2 8 12 12 1 3 10 0 4 8 4 5 0 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 7 5 1 5 4 0 3 10 17 15 1 4 12 1 6 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 2 5 9 4 2 5 4 1 4 15 12 12 4 4 10 2 5
  13. Initialism of magnetic resonance Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: magnetic resonance Coordinate_terms: NMR
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-styyYbkx
  14. Initialism of magnetoresistance Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: magnetoresistance Coordinate_terms: GMR
    Sense id: en-MR-en-noun-ntVNUghl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (Meeting Record): CR, NR, OR, PB, SB, SL, WR
Disambiguation of 'Meeting Record': 4 1 4 3 0 21 19 13 12 4 4 11 0 5

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "MR",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Midland Railway"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "en:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Midland Railway."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-name-7Os4bqTS",
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "Midland Railway",
          "w:Midland Railway"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, rail transport) Initialism of Midland Railway."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Midland"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MR"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "MRs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "MR (countable and uncountable, plural MRs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "4 1 4 3 0 21 19 13 12 4 4 11 0 5",
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "CR"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 1 4 3 0 21 19 13 12 4 4 11 0 5",
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "NR"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 1 4 3 0 21 19 13 12 4 4 11 0 5",
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "OR"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 1 4 3 0 21 19 13 12 4 4 11 0 5",
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "PB"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 1 4 3 0 21 19 13 12 4 4 11 0 5",
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "SB"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 1 4 3 0 21 19 13 12 4 4 11 0 5",
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "SL"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 1 4 3 0 21 19 13 12 4 4 11 0 5",
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "WR"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "magnetic resonance imag[e/er/ing]",
          "word": "MRI"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2007 March 30, Elizabeth Mossis, M.D. (guest),“Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance imag[e/er/ing]”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-XQUMXYzY",
      "links": [
        [
          "MRI",
          "MRI#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "modified release"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pharmacology",
          "orig": "en:Pharmacology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014 April, Ken Seufert, “The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges”, in American Pharmaceutical Review, 17(3):8:",
          "text": "Controlled release (CR), modified release (MR), orally disintegrating tablets (ODT), and other innovative dosage forms are still of interest to both pharmaceutical producers and suppliers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of modified release."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-U4iGNmat",
      "links": [
        [
          "pharmacology",
          "pharmacology"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "modified release",
          "modified release#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pharmacology, medicine) Initialism of modified release."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pharmacology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mitral regurgitation"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cardiology",
          "orig": "en:Cardiology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mitral regurgitation."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-o9QJRjQX",
      "links": [
        [
          "cardiology",
          "cardiology"
        ],
        [
          "mitral regurgitation",
          "w:mitral regurgitation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cardiology) Initialism of mitral regurgitation."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "MI"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cardiology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mineralocorticoid receptor"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biochemistry",
          "orig": "en:Biochemistry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-giceSDok",
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "mineralocorticoid",
          "mineralocorticoid#English"
        ],
        [
          "receptor",
          "receptor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mandatory release"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mandatory release."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-Q-woQ7AU",
      "links": [
        [
          "mandatory",
          "mandatory#English"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "prison system",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(prison system) Initialism of mandatory release."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting",
          "word": "meeting record"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-WEgJeVFg",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "meeting",
          "meeting#English"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "memorandum for the record"
        },
        {
          "word": "memorandum for record"
        },
        {
          "word": "memo for the record"
        },
        {
          "word": "or memo for record"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 5 7 5 1 5 4 0 3 10 17 15 1 4 12 1 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 9 4 2 5 4 1 4 15 12 12 4 4 10 2 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-MpyUBu9b",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "memorandum for the record",
          "memorandum for the record#English"
        ],
        [
          "memorandum for record",
          "memorandum for record#English"
        ],
        [
          "memo for the record",
          "memo for the record#English"
        ],
        [
          "memo for record",
          "memo for record#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US military) Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "MFR"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "merge request"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Software engineering",
          "orig": "en:Software engineering",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 4 6 4 1 5 3 0 2 8 12 11 3 3 10 0 4 8 4 4 0 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 4 5 6 0 4 3 0 2 8 12 12 1 3 10 0 4 8 4 5 0 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 5 7 5 1 5 4 0 3 10 17 15 1 4 12 1 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 9 4 2 5 4 1 4 15 12 12 4 4 10 2 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of merge request."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-eSNPJBrB",
      "links": [
        [
          "software engineering",
          "software engineering"
        ],
        [
          "merge request",
          "merge request#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(software engineering) Initialism of merge request."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "PR"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "software"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mixed reality"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 4 6 4 1 5 3 0 2 8 12 11 3 3 10 0 4 8 4 4 0 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 4 5 6 0 4 3 0 2 8 12 12 1 3 10 0 4 8 4 5 0 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 5 7 5 1 5 4 0 3 10 17 15 1 4 12 1 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 9 4 2 5 4 1 4 15 12 12 4 4 10 2 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mixed reality."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-vNE9kqfY",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mixed reality",
          "mixed reality#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Initialism of mixed reality."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Master of the Rolls"
        },
        {
          "word": "as a postnominal"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Lord Denning MR",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-zZGe6Azg",
      "links": [
        [
          "Master of the Rolls",
          "Master of the Rolls#English"
        ],
        [
          "postnominal",
          "postnominal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mortality rate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mortality rate."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-en:Q58702",
      "links": [
        [
          "mortality rate",
          "w:mortality rate"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q58702"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "DR"
        },
        {
          "word": "death rate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q58702"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a deprecated former term for intellectual disability",
          "word": "mental retardation"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 4 5 6 0 4 3 0 2 8 12 12 1 3 10 0 4 8 4 5 0 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 5 7 5 1 5 4 0 3 10 17 15 1 4 12 1 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 9 4 2 5 4 1 4 15 12 12 4 4 10 2 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mental retardation, a deprecated former term for intellectual disability."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-en:Q183560",
      "links": [
        [
          "mental retardation",
          "mental retardation#English:_Q183560"
        ],
        [
          "intellectual disability",
          "intellectual disability#English:_Q183560"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q183560"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q183560"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "magnetic resonance"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "NMR"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of magnetic resonance"
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-styyYbkx",
      "links": [
        [
          "magnetic resonance",
          "magnetic resonance#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "magnetoresistance"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "GMR"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of magnetoresistance"
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-noun-ntVNUghl",
      "links": [
        [
          "magnetoresistance",
          "magnetoresistance#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MR"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "MR (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mentally retarded"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "en:Education",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mentally retarded."
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-adj-dWUP2yTp",
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ],
        [
          "mentally retarded",
          "mentally retarded#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(education, special education) Initialism of mentally retarded."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "not-comparable",
        "special"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "education"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "magnetoresistive"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "GMR"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of magnetoresistive"
      ],
      "id": "en-MR-en-adj-RCvQTjNB",
      "links": [
        [
          "magnetoresistive",
          "magnetoresistive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MR"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English abbreviations",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "MR",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Midland Railway"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English initialisms",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "en:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Midland Railway."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "Midland Railway",
          "w:Midland Railway"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, rail transport) Initialism of Midland Railway."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Midland"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MR"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English abbreviations",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "MRs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "MR (countable and uncountable, plural MRs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "CR"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "NR"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "OR"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "PB"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "SB"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "SL"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Meeting Record",
      "word": "WR"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "magnetic resonance imag[e/er/ing]",
          "word": "MRI"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2007 March 30, Elizabeth Mossis, M.D. (guest),“Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance imag[e/er/ing]”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "MRI",
          "MRI#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "modified release"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Medicine",
        "en:Pharmacology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014 April, Ken Seufert, “The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges”, in American Pharmaceutical Review, 17(3):8:",
          "text": "Controlled release (CR), modified release (MR), orally disintegrating tablets (ODT), and other innovative dosage forms are still of interest to both pharmaceutical producers and suppliers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of modified release."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pharmacology",
          "pharmacology"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "modified release",
          "modified release#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pharmacology, medicine) Initialism of modified release."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pharmacology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mitral regurgitation"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Cardiology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mitral regurgitation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cardiology",
          "cardiology"
        ],
        [
          "mitral regurgitation",
          "w:mitral regurgitation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cardiology) Initialism of mitral regurgitation."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "MI"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cardiology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mineralocorticoid receptor"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Biochemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "mineralocorticoid",
          "mineralocorticoid#English"
        ],
        [
          "receptor",
          "receptor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mandatory release"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mandatory release."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mandatory",
          "mandatory#English"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "prison system",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(prison system) Initialism of mandatory release."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting",
          "word": "meeting record"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "meeting",
          "meeting#English"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "memorandum for the record"
        },
        {
          "word": "memorandum for record"
        },
        {
          "word": "memo for the record"
        },
        {
          "word": "or memo for record"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English acronyms",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "memorandum for the record",
          "memorandum for the record#English"
        ],
        [
          "memorandum for record",
          "memorandum for record#English"
        ],
        [
          "memo for the record",
          "memo for the record#English"
        ],
        [
          "memo for record",
          "memo for record#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US military) Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "MFR"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "merge request"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Software engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of merge request."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "software engineering",
          "software engineering"
        ],
        [
          "merge request",
          "merge request#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(software engineering) Initialism of merge request."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "PR"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "software"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mixed reality"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mixed reality."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mixed reality",
          "mixed reality#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Initialism of mixed reality."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Master of the Rolls"
        },
        {
          "word": "as a postnominal"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Lord Denning MR",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Master of the Rolls",
          "Master of the Rolls#English"
        ],
        [
          "postnominal",
          "postnominal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mortality rate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mortality rate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mortality rate",
          "w:mortality rate"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q58702"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "DR"
        },
        {
          "word": "death rate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q58702"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a deprecated former term for intellectual disability",
          "word": "mental retardation"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mental retardation, a deprecated former term for intellectual disability."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mental retardation",
          "mental retardation#English:_Q183560"
        ],
        [
          "intellectual disability",
          "intellectual disability#English:_Q183560"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q183560"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q183560"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "magnetic resonance"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "NMR"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of magnetic resonance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magnetic resonance",
          "magnetic resonance#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "magnetoresistance"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "GMR"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of magnetoresistance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magnetoresistance",
          "magnetoresistance#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MR"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English abbreviations",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "MR (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mentally retarded"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Education"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of mentally retarded."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ],
        [
          "mentally retarded",
          "mentally retarded#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(education, special education) Initialism of mentally retarded."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "not-comparable",
        "special"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "education"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "magnetoresistive"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "GMR"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of magnetoresistive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magnetoresistive",
          "magnetoresistive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MR"
}

Download raw JSONL data for MR meaning in English (10.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.