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VR

1 American  
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

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Across YouTube videos, video games, VR experiences and TikTok edits, audiences are located inside the environment itself blurring the boundaries between storytelling, role-playing, tourism and online participation.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

It discontinued VR headsets geared toward companies earlier this year as its priorities shifted.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Next to it, a plant worker wears a VR headset to record his own endeavours to demonstrate what successful picking and sorting looks like.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality app that tied into Meta’s Quest VR headsets, will disappear in June, but remain an option for mobile phone users.

From Barron's Mar. 19, 2026

Probably, it was when I noticed the guy standing next to me at VR sharpshooters.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

S. Oceans. v.r. ocean        15 Dark brown; about bill, throat gray; wing-quills, tail black; bill, feet black; f., sim.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

Stat. v.r. timber        7.2 Dark-gray; black before eye; throat dull rust-red; under gray; f., no black on face; throat gray.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

Stat. v.r. timber        16 Green; forehead, cheeks, throat rich gamboge-yellow; crescent of scarlet next to yellow on chest; bill yellow; sometimes red on thigh; f., green tinged dull rose on chest; thigh red.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

Stat. v.r. scrub        19 Black, white tip tail, under base tail; f., smaller.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

Stat. v.r. dense scrubby gullies        6.7 Rich dark-brown; throat rufous mottled dusky; f., sim.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

To be clear, the PlayStation VR2, priced at $550, is one of the best pieces of V.R. hardware you can buy.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

In its current state, V.R. is still a mostly solitary experience.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

Otherwise, a majority of V.R. games accompanying the device’s launch that I tested were relatively old and uninteresting.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

But along with the headset, the product takes up precious space in a living room — and unlike a laptop or smartphone, V.R. goggles instantly make a tidy room look cluttered.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

My loco. had jolted its way over the rough section, carrying away an obstruction labelled V.R., and had reached the next points.

From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy

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