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.

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”).