FDR

See also: F.D.R. and F. D. R.

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FDR

  1. (US politics) Initialism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd US president.
    • 2004 July 26, Heather Hatfield, “The Fear Factor: Phobias”, in WebMD‎[1]:
      Though FDR had a different message in mind, he unknowingly hit on something else: Phobias run the gamut of life and include everything from spiders to outer space.
    • 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 1, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part I. The New Deal Order, 1930–1980:
      Over the course of his [Eisenhower's] two terms in office, his administration's expenditures on public works actually exceeded those of FDR and Truman.
  2. (New York City) Ellipsis of FDR Drive.
    • 2022, Jennifer Egan, The Candy House:
      He mounted its stairs and crossed the FDR to find the park transformed since he'd last seen it: There were sculpted bushes and a picturesque little bridge and joggers still out, even at this hour.
  3. Initialism of Federal Democratic Republic.
    1. Abbreviation of Congo (Federal Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    2. Abbreviation of Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
      Synonym: FDRE
    3. Abbreviation of Nepal (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)

Noun

FDR (countable and uncountable, plural FDRs)

  1. (communication, electronics) Initialism of false transmit format detection ratio (in UMTS).
  2. (aviation) Initialism of flight data recorder.
    Hypernym: black box
    Coordinate terms: CVR, QAR
  3. (politics) Initialism of federal democratic republic.
    Hypernyms: DR, FR, R, R., Rep.
  4. (statistics) Initialism of false discovery rate.
  5. Initialism of first-degree relative.

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