ir-

¹

1. variant of in- ² (by assimilation) before r: irradiate.

ir-

²

1. variant of in- ³ (by assimilation) before r: irreducible.

Ir

³

abbreviation for

1. Irish ( def 4 ).

Ir

⁴

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. iridium.

IR

⁵

abbreviation for

1. infrared.
2. Football, Ice Hockey. injured reserve ( def ):

   Ending up on the IR so close to the end of the regular season may keep him off the ice for the entire Stanley Cup playoffs.

3. intelligence ratio.
4. information retrieval ( def ).

Ir.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. Ireland.
2. Irish.

I.R.

⁷

abbreviation for

1. immediate reserve.
2. infantry reserve.
3. intelligence ratio.
4. internal revenue.

ir-

¹

prefix

1. a variant of in- 1 in- 2

IR

²

abbreviation for

1. infrared
2. (formerly, in Britain) Inland Revenue
3. Iran (international car registration)

Ir

³

the chemical symbol for

1. iridium

ir

⁴

the internet domain name for

1. Iran

Ir.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Ireland
2. Irish

Example Sentences

But given the attributes of the IR specialist, a profile similar to surgeons would not surprise.

From The Daily Beast

The current IR-1 centrifuges in place are copies of the design of Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan.

From The Daily Beast

IR also is a triangle with one of the angles pointing to the right and two upright lines passing through the triangle.

From Project Gutenberg

From the "Dies Ir" there rings forth grand poetry even in monkish Latin.

From Project Gutenberg

The origin seems to be Celtic, and the word is cognate with Ir.

From Project Gutenberg

Facta est terra in desolationem facie ir Columb: and again, Revertamur ad terram nativitatis nostr facie gladii Columb.

From Project Gutenberg

Supreme cathedral it is for that supremest of hymns, the Dies Ir—sound and sense and vision welded.

From Project Gutenberg