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roger that

roger that interjection: received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood).

Interjection

  1. Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)
    • 1969 "Capsule Communicator: '11, this is Houston. We've completed the trunnion zero bias setting. You can retrieve the computer and go to BLOCK.' Commander (Neil A. Armstrong): 'Roger that. Thank you.' ", Apollo 11 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription (Tape 4/5, mission time 5h 16 min), 16 July 1969.
    • 1974 "This is the book for everybody who ever groaned under the onslaught of trivia transmitted by the astronauts ('This sunset is really something, Houston...' 'Roger that...'). review of M. Collins, "Carrying the Fire", Flying Magazine, November 1974, p. 108.
    Synonyms:
    roger
  2. (idiomatic) Used to acknowledge receipt and understanding of a message

roger that meaning in Bengali

roger that in Bengali

গৃহীত

Synonyms of roger that

Origin of roger that

Extension of roger for received in radio traffic (by 1950), the pronoun referring to the last information received; in use by 1969, popularised at first by radio transmissions from NASA's Apollo missions, later in military fiction.

Questions about roger that

What does roger that mean?
Roger that means received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood).
What is roger that in Bengali?
Roger that in Bengali is গৃহীত. See Roger that meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is roger that?
Roger that is an interjection.

Words near roger that in the dictionary

  1. roger beeps
  2. Roger de Coverley
  3. Roger de Coverly
  4. Roger Mills County
  5. Roger River
  6. roger that
  7. rogered
  8. Rogerene
  9. Rogerenes
  10. Rogergnome
  11. Rogergnomes

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