"roger that" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-roger that.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Extension of roger for received in radio traffic (by 1950), the pronoun referring to the last information received; in use by 1969, popularised at first by radio transmissions from NASA's Apollo missions, later in military fiction. Etymology templates: {{m|en|roger}} roger, {{m|en|received}} received Head templates: {{en-interj}} roger that
  1. (radio telecommunications) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)
  2. 1974 "This is the book for everybody who ever groaned under the onslaught of trivia transmitted by the astronauts ('This sunset is really something, Houston...' 'Roger that...'). review of M. Collins, "Carrying the Fire", Flying Magazine, November 1974, p. 108.
    Sense id: en-roger_that-en-intj-5GSc33ZN
  3. 1989 "'It's going to blow visibility to shit, too.' 'Roger that.'" Tom Clancy, Clear and Present Danger, p. 506.
    Sense id: en-roger_that-en-intj-jBjHv-fg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English responses, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 48 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 19 57 5 Disambiguation of English responses: 16 23 49 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 23 45 9
  4. (idiomatic) Used to acknowledge receipt and understanding of a message Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-roger_that-en-intj-OTTIrZRt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: roger Related terms: copy that

Download JSON data for roger that meaning in English (3.3kB)

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