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Er
The symbol for erbium.
ER
abbr.
emergency room
er
(ûr)interj.
Used to express hesitation or uncertainty.
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er
(ə; ɜː)interj
(Phonetics & Phonology) a sound made when hesitating in speech
er
the internet domain name for
(Computer Science) Eritrea
Er
the chemical symbol for
(Elements & Compounds) erbium
ER
abbreviation for
1. (Medicine) (in the US) Emergency Room (in hospitals)
2. Elizabeth Regina
3. (Historical Terms) Eduardus Rex
[Latin: Queen Elizabeth]
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er
(ə, ər)interj.
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.)
ER
1. efficiency report.
2. emergency room.
Er
Chem. Symbol.
erbium.
-er1
, a noun-forming suffix, added to nouns to form words designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatter; moonshiner; roofer), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner), or designating persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance (double-decker; fourth-grader; tanker; teenager). When added to verbs, -er1 forms nouns denoting a person, animal or thing that performs or is used in performing the action of the verb ( baker; eye-opener; fertilizer; pointer; teacher).
Compare -ier 1, -yer.[Middle English -er(e), representing Old English -ere agentive suffix (c. Old High German -āri, Gothic -areis < Germanic *-arjaz < Latin -ārius -ary) and Old English -ware, forming ethnonyms (as Rōmware Romans), c. Old High German -āri < Germanic *-warioz people]
-er2
, a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French in the Middle English period, most often names of occupations (butcher; carpenter; grocer; mariner; officer), but also other nouns (corner; danger; primer).
[Middle English < Anglo-French -er, Old French -ier < Latin -ārius, -ārium. compare -ary, -eer, -ier2]
-er3
, a termination of nouns denoting action or process, occurring orig. and predominantly in loanwords from French or Anglo-French: dinner; rejoinder; remainder.
[< Anglo-French or Old French, orig. infinitive suffix -er, -re]
-er4
, a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adjectives: harder; smaller.
[Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -ra, -re; c. German -er]
-er5
, a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adverbs: faster.
[Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -or; c. Old High German -or]
-er6
, a formative appearing in verbs having frequentative meaning: flicker; flutter; shiver; shudder.
[Middle English; Old English -r-; c. German -(e)r-]
-er7
, Chiefly Brit. a suffix that creates informal or jocular mutations of more neutral words, which are typically clipped to a single syllable before application of the suffix, and sometimes subjected to other phonetic alterations: bed-sitter; fresher; rugger; soccer. Compare -ers.
[probably modeled on nonagentive uses of -er1; said to have first become current in University College, Oxford, 1875–80]
E.R.
emergency room.
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Er
The symbol for erbium.
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| Noun | 1. |  Er - a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttriummetal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. fergusonite - a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals gadolinite, ytterbite - a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium |
| 2. |  ER - a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatmenthospital room - a room in a hospital for the care of patients |
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[ɜː] EXCL (in hesitation) → esto (Sp), este (LAm)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ˈɜːr] excl → euhCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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abbr emergency room. V. room.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.