Ar
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ARabbreviationannual return.
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A/R
A/Raccount receivable.
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ar-
ar-variant of ad- before r: arrears.
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-ar
-arvariant of the adjective-forming suffix -al, joined to words in which an l precedes the suffix: circular; lunar; singular .
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ar.
ar.abbreviationarrival.
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a.r.
a.r.abbreviationall risks.
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A.R.
A.R.abbreviationannual return.
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Ar.
Ar.abbreviationArabia(n)
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arabbreviationArgentina
Ar
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Ar
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American
Symbol, Chemistry.
AR
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American
A/R
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American
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a/r
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account receivable.
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accounts receivable.
ar-
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American
-ar
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American
-ar
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ar.
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arrival.
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arrive; arrives.
a.r.
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A.R.
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American
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annual return.
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Army Regulation; Army Regulations.
AR
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Arkansas
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Autonomous Region
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Also: A/R. (in the US and Canada) accounts receivable
Ar.
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Arabia(n)
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Also: Ar. Arabic
-ar
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Ar
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a.r.
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Usage
What else does AR mean? AR can stand for hundreds of things, but here are three of the big ones: augmented reality, alternate reality, and ArmaLite rifle. How do you pronounce AR?[ ey-ahr ]
Etymology
Origin of -ar
< Latin -āris; replacing Middle English -er < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin -āris
Vocabulary lists containing ar
Example Sentences
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Among them are more than 160 prominent figures, including author Ayse Kulin and actress Mujde Ar.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
While most who patronize Ar de Rock don’t go to Mass, she added, some become curious enough to ask about worship times.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Traditional Welsh hymns Calon Lan and Ar Hyd y Nos were sung at the church and the service at the crematorium concluded with 'Told You' by rappers Yung Tory and Nafe Smaz.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023
“Is it a sin to put them to work? No,” said Phrakru Samuhan Panyatharo, the abbot of the temple, Wat Pa Ar Jiang.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
He did not come up the course of the Ar like most people, but down, out of the forests of the higher mountainside.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
“Where I stay careful is in not letting the technology become the subject. The augmented reality by Snap’s AR Studio adds to the project, doesn’t take you away from it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Cook is soon to be succeeded by John Ternus, whose AR strategy is unclear.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Critics question the merits of Snap’s decision to double down on AR spending, as well as some of the design and pricing choices made with this latest iteration of the glasses.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
In a speech at the AWE conference in Long Beach, Snap’s chief executive and co-founder Evan Spiegel highlighted how people could do more with its AR glasses, Specs, than with rival products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
It had all the bells and whistles like AR support and 5G capabilities.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
“Automate revenue and coding from clinical activity to reduce administrative overhead, avoid missing charges, reduce A/R days and increase total revenue,” the company’s website says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
"Money that stays too long in A/R is a disaster waiting to happen," Rohr says.
From Inc ● Feb. 19, 2010
Salesmen for the GSCI and other commodity indexes ar- gued that their products were an important way to diversify in- vestment portfolios.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 4, 2014
Starting in fall 1793, British troops began ar- riving in Saint Domingue to reenslave people and return them to their sugar plantations.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
Rolling end over end in a flash flood in a big ar- royo.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
And I, Sam Gribley, felt just wonderful, just wonder- I pushed the raft down the stream and gathered ar- rowleaf bulbs, cattail tubers, bulrush roots, and the nutlike tubers of the sedges.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
In other words, the stage was very shallow, and appears to have been ar- ranged for a number of performers standing in a line, like a company of soldiers.
From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry
Instead of the infinitive moods and plural numbers ending in -n as in Holland, the former end in -a, the latter in -ar.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
These end in the Nominative Singular in -e, -al, and -ar.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Some nouns of this decl. take -ar in the gen. sing., especially proper names, such as Hākon, gen.
From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry
Nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -y, -o, -l, -n, -t, -ar, -ur, -ŭs are Neuter.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Archiās, declension of, 22. -ar, declension of nouns in, 39. arguō, constr.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
This stage is called the gastrula stage; ar. is the cavity of the gastrula, the archenteron; b.p. is its opening or blastopore.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Fig. 55.—Longitudinal section of a nearly full-grown sporogonium of Madotheca, which has not, however, broken through the overlying cells, × 25. sp. cavity in which the spores are formed. ar. abortive archegonium.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
Henry, sonne of the Erl of Derby, first Duk of Lancaster, gave the red rose uncrowned, and his ancestors gave the Fox tayle in his prop. coulor and the ostrich fether ar. the pen ermyn.
Fig. 67.—A, embryo of the ostrich fern just before breaking through the prothallium, × 50. st. apex of stem. l, first leaf. r, first root. ar. neck of the archegonium.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
The Baskerville arms—Ar. a chevron gu. between three hurts, impaling, quarterly, one and four, or, a cross moline az, two and three, gu. a chevron ar. between three mallets or—are painted on the panels.
From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Pay Roll. a.r. 1315-1383.—The pay roll is made out monthly in triplicate, one copy being retained and two copies being sent to the Quartermaster.
From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver
Drawing on work by the scholar John Wood, Ms. Kimber proposes that Murry was not Mansfield’s most significant emotional and professional relationship; that claim properly belongs to a man called A.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
A classically trained violinist by trade, she was performing with composer A.R.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
“Indeed, it has become clear to the State, through conversations with more than one person in contact with her, that A.R. is actively thwarting attempts to serve her to avoid coming to court,” Ahsens wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
Mr. Kimbrough received strong reviews for his performance in the 1995 production of A.R.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
A.R. speaks of having referred to Purcell's Tempest.
From Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Bell, George
They found that Ar. ramidus still favored the kind of C3 plants that apes prefer, suggesting that it was still spending a lot of time in woodlands.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 12, 2012
Port., and It. forms; perh. of Ar. or Pers. origin.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Ar. single; gold miner, now in Customs Lombard, Charles.
From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Fawcett, Edgar
Ar. with husband, son and daughter Harrison, Eli.
From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Fawcett, Edgar
Ar. single; gold miner, then engaged in retail business Harrison, Mrs. Eli, Sr. July.
From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Fawcett, Edgar
"About two hours earlier Josh was texting me saying, 'I'm walking home'," she told S4C's Y Byd ar Bedwar.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
The United Nations says millions of Afghans ar facing a second winter without enough to eat.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2022
Un ddraig ar y crys, Jules Rimet yn dal i ddisgleirio.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2022
Cam Talbot made 28 saves to help the Wild extended ar franchise record with their 10th straight home win.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2021
Bryng us in no eggys, for ther ar many schelles.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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