"MRE" meaning in English

See MRE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} MRE
  1. Initialism of Michigan Rules of Evidence, an evidentiary standard in Michigan state courts. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Michigan Rules of Evidence (extra: an evidentiary standard in Michigan state courts) Coordinate_terms: FRE
    Sense id: en-MRE-en-name-en:Michigan_Rules_of_Evidence

Noun

Forms: MREs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MRE (plural MREs)
  1. (chiefly US, military slang) Initialism of Meal, Ready-to-Eat: an individual field ration used by the US military. Wikidata QID: Q586615 Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: Meal (extra: an individual field ration used by the US military), Ready-to-Eat (extra: an individual field ration used by the US military) Hypernyms: field ration, meal Translations (Meal, Ready-to-Eat): kuivtoidupakk (Estonian), Notration [feminine] (German), Einmannpackung [feminine] (German), ransum tentara (Indonesian), сухпай (suxpaj) (Russian), сухпаёк (suxpajók) (Russian), сухой паёк (suxoj pajók) (Russian), индивидуальный рацион питания (individualʹnyj racion pitanija) (Russian), ИРП (IRP) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-MRE-en-noun-en:Q586615 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Foods, Military Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 55 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 78 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 62 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 64 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 65 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 75 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 77 8 Disambiguation of Foods: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Military: 0 100 0 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'Meal, Ready-to-Eat': 95 5
  2. (computing) Initialism of minimal reproducible example. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: minimal reproducible example
    Sense id: en-MRE-en-noun-VALrPJ5n Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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