CR
- (international standards)ISO 3166-1alpha-2country code forCosta Rica.
- Synonym:CRI(alpha-3)
- (IUCN Red List)Abbreviation ofEnglishCritically Endangered
CR
- Initialism ofCosta Rica.
- Initialism ofCzech Republic.
- (UK, rail transport)Initialism ofCaledonian Railway.
- (UK)Initialism ofCharlesRex(“King Charles”).
- Hyponyms:CIIIR,CRIII
CR (countable anduncountable,pluralCRs)
- Initialism ofcounty road.
- Initialism ofcountry route.
- (nutrition)Initialism ofcaloricrestriction.
- (computing)Initialism ofcarriage return.
- (linguistics)Initialism ofclarificationrequest.
2011, Claudia Maienborn, Klaus von Heusinger, Paul Portner,Semantics, volume 1, page861:Whereas, in a community endowed with a language that lacks CRification, as I refer to the interaction brought about by aCR, the emergent divergence among language users is so high that the language eventually dies out.
- (medicine)Initialism ofcompleteresponse.
- Coordinate term:PR
- (medicine)Initialism ofcomplete remission.
- (medicine)Initialism ofcomputed radiography.
- (Philippines)Initialism ofcomfort room(“alavatory”).
- (physiology)Initialism ofconditioned reflex.
- (psychology)Initialism ofconditioned response.
- Initialism ofconsciousness-raising.
1983 February 5, Rhonda Copelon, quotee, “Roe v. Wade: The Challenge of the Next Decade”, inGay Community News, volume10, number28, page 5:Roe v. Wade was preceded by all those moments that make a movement: tentative and explosive sharings in kitchens andCR groups; times of great courage and stillness,[…]
- (sports)Initialism ofchampionshiprecord orcompetition record.
- (US politics, law)Initialism ofcontinuing resolution.
2004, Allen Schick,The Federal Budget: Politics, Policy, Process,→ISBN, page228:Most continuing resolutions are temporary measures that expire on the date specified in theCR, or are superseded by enactment of the regular appropriations act.
2008, Steven M. Gillon,The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation,→ISBN:A few days later in a meeting with the president, Clinton asked Gingrich for a continuing resolution (CR) to continue funding the government until they could work out a compromise. “If I go back and try to get a longtermCR without a budget from you, the next time you'll be dealing with Speaker Armey," he said.
2014, Robert E. Dewhirst, John David Rausch,Encyclopedia of the United States Congress,→ISBN, page149:CRs are a common occurrence because it is highly unusual for Congress and the president to pass all 13 appropriations bills by the start of the new fiscal year.
- Initialism ofcommunity resolution.
- (sports)Initialism ofChampionship Record.
- (sports)Initialism ofCircuit Record.
- (sports)Initialism ofCompetition Record.
- (sports)Initialism ofCourse Record.
- (sports)Initialism ofCup Record.
- (sports)Initialism ofCanadian Record.
- (sports)Initialism ofCommonwealth Record.
CR (notcomparable)
- (medicine, pharmacology)Initialism ofcontrolled release.
CR (third-person singular simple presentCRs,present participleCRing,simple past and past participleCRed)
- (Philippines, colloquial) to go to thecomfort room
Iwill CR later after lunch.
Probably from Latincrēdēre; compareDR.
CR (uncountable)
- (accounting)Credit.
- Antonym:DR
