HR
abbreviation
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HR
1 American
[eych-ahr]
/ ˈeɪtʃˈɑr /
abbreviation
hr.
2
American
Or
h
abbreviation
Hr.
3
American
abbreviation
h.r.
4
American
Or
HR
or
hr
abbreviation
H.R.
5
American
Or
HR
abbreviation
HR
1
British
abbreviation
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House of Representatives
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human resources
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human rights
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Croatia (international car registration)
hr
2
British
abbreviation
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hour
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Baseball home run
hr
3
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of HR
(for sense 4) from Croatian Hrvatska
Example Sentences
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Effort is heavy with over 1.5 hr. wait to launch a boat at times.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2014
So Glenn flew, in a little ship atop balky booster, spending a total of 5 hr. and 16 min. aloft, as he orbited the planet three times.
From Time • Feb. 20, 2012
Acadia National Park, Isle au Haut, Maine; Oct. 6-8 The couple should not have eaten for 24 hr. before this workshop.
From Time Magazine Archive
Caitlin Nish, 17, of Westfield, N.J., baby-sits 2 hr. every day, tutors three students in math 3 to 6 hr. a week, plays sports, belongs to clubs and edits an award-winning high school newspaper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several other glands were touched with a little saliva, and the tentacles became incurved in under 1 hr., and re-expanded after 18 hrs.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
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