Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

VR

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. virtual reality.

  2. voltage regulator.

v.r. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. reflexive verb.

V.R. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Queen Victoria.

VR British  

abbreviation

  1. variant reading

  2. Victoria Regina

  3. virtual reality

  4. Volunteer Reserve

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of v.r.2

From New Latin verbum reflexīvum

Origin of V.R.3

From Latin Victōria Rēgīna

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

That’s more than the company ever sold of its VR headsets in a single year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The robot isn’t fully autonomous yet, so when it’s sweeping, dusting or unloading the dishwasher, there’s a chance a 1X employee at the company’s headquarters will be remotely controlling the robot through a VR headset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“We expect mass production of Vera Rubin at the end of 2Q26 with volume production of VR NVL72 racks set to ramp in 4Q26,” Vinh wrote.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

He sits at a kitchen table, reconstructed in VR from family photos, but the rest of the home has vanished.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

They move around a lot, and it’s difficult when you’re not doing VR, but on a canvas, to show what motion might be like when nothing can move.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.