DR

See also: dr, Dr, dr., d'r, d:r, Dr., D.R., and ḏr

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

DR (not comparable)

1. (pathology) Initialism of drug resistant. (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis).

   Antonym: DS

Hyponyms

• MDR
• TDR
• XDR

 

Derived terms

• DR-TB
• MDR
• MDR-TB
• TDR
• TDR-TB
• XDR
• XDR-TB

 

Noun

DR (plural DRs)

1. (information technology) Initialism of disaster recovery.
2. (nautical, navigation) Initialism of dead reckoning.
3. (SEO) Initialism of domain rating.
4. (politics) Initialism of dissident right.
   • 2022 October 28, The Original Roland Rat (@OGRolandRat), Twitter‎^[1]:

     […] His podcast is probably the best show in the entire DR.

5. (spirituality) Initialism of desired reality.
6. Abbreviation of data release.

Proper noun

DR

1. Initialism of Dominican Republic.

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin dēbēre.

Noun

DR (uncountable)

1. (accounting) Debit.

   Antonym: CR

Anagrams

• -rd, R&D, RD, Rd., rd, rd.

Portuguese

Noun

DR f (plural DRs)

1. Abbreviation of discussão de relacionamento (“lovers' argument, dispute, quarrel”).