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er definition

er (variously u, ə, ä, etc.; ʉr, ər are spelling pronunciations)

interjection

used when hesitating in speaking, as while searching for a word or collecting one's thoughts: a conventionalized representation of the sound
Er definition

Er

erbium
ER definition

ER

  1. Baseball earned run
  2. emergency room

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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