CR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of county road.
glosses: Initialism of country route.
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: Initialism of caloric restriction.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of carriage return.
examples: text: Whereas, in a community endowed with a language that lacks CRification, as I refer to the interaction brought about by a CR, the emergent divergence among language users is so high that the language eventually dies out.
ref: 2011, Claudia Maienborn, Klaus von Heusinger, Paul Portner, Semantics, volume 1, page 861:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of clarification request.
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: PR
glosses: Initialism of complete response.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of complete remission.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of computed radiography.
glosses: Initialism of comfort room (“a lavatory”).
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of conditioned reflex.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of conditioned response.
examples: text: Roe v. Wade was preceded by all those moments that make a movement: tentative and explosive sharings in kitchens and CR groups; times of great courage and stillness, […]
ref: 1983 February 5, Rhonda Copelon, quotee, “Roe v. Wade: The Challenge of the Next Decade”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 5:
glosses: Initialism of consciousness-raising.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of championship record or competition record.
examples: text: Most continuing resolutions are temporary measures that expire on the date specified in the CR, or are superseded by enactment of the regular appropriations act.
ref: 2004, Allen Schick, The Federal Budget: Politics, Policy, Process, →ISBN, page 228:
text: 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 longterm CR without a budget from you, the next time you'll be dealing with Speaker Armey," he said.
ref: 2008, Steven M. Gillon, The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation, →ISBN:
text: 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.
ref: 2014, Robert E. Dewhirst, John David Rausch, Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, →ISBN, page 149:
topics: government
law
politics
glosses: Initialism of continuing resolution.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Championship Record.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Circuit Record.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Competition Record.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Course Record.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Cup Record.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Record.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Commonwealth Record.
Coordinate terms: sense: sports record
word: GR
sense: sports record
word: NR
sense: sports record
word: OR
sense: sports record
word: PB
sense: sports record
word: SB
sense: sports record
word: SR
sense: sports record
word: WR
Derived terms: sense: linguistics: clarification request
word: CRification