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ADR

UK/eɪ diː ˈɑː/US/eɪ di ˈɑɹ/

ADR is the initialism of adverse drug reaction.

ADR is the initialism of alternative dispute resolution.

ADR is the initialism of American depositary receipt.

ADR is the initialism of automatic dialogue replacement.

ADR is the initialism of additional/audio dialogue replacement.

ADR is the initialism of ain't doin' right.

Meaning of alternative dispute resolution

Noun

alternative dispute resolution (countable and uncountable, plural alternative dispute resolutions)

  1. The resolution of a dispute through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or similar means, as opposed to litigation.
    Synonyms:
    ADR

Proper noun

ADR

  1. (international law) The Agreement of 30 September 1957 concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road; formerly the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road.

Synonyms of ADR

Forms of ADR

pluralADRs

Questions about ADR

What does ADR mean?
ADR means the Agreement of 30 September 1957 concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road; formerly the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road.
What is ADR the initialism of?
ADR is the initialism of adverse drug reaction.
What part of speech is ADR?
ADR is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ADR?
ADR is pronounced /eɪ di ˈɑɹ/ (US).

Words near ADR in the dictionary

  1. adpressing
  2. adpression
  3. adpromissor
  4. adpromissors
  5. ADQ
  6. ADR
  7. adracalin
  8. adraces
  9. adrad
  10. adradial
  11. adradially

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ADR (page history and authors); alternative dispute resolution (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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