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rt

rt is the abbreviation of right.

rt is the abbreviation of route.

rt is the abbreviation of retweet.

Meaning of right

Adjective

right (comparative further right or farther right or more right or righter, superlative furthest right or farthest right or most right or rightmost or rightest)

  1. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
    • Near-synonym: starboard
  2. Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
    • The road up ahead contains a right bend.
  3. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
    • That's not the right thing to do.
    Synonyms:
    correct, just
    Antonyms:
    wrong, incorrect, unjust
  4. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
    • Is this the right software for my computer?
    Antonyms:
    wrong
  5. Healthy, sane, competent.
    • I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
  6. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
    • You've made a right mess of the kitchen!

See all 41 meanings of right

Meaning of route

Noun

route (plural routes)

  1. A course or way which is traveled or passed.
    • The route was used so much that it formed a rut.
  2. A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
    • We live near the bus route.
  3. A road or path; often specifically a highway.
    • Follow Route 49 out of town.
  4. (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
    • If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route. […] Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy […]. Rolex has taken this route […]2010, Damien McLoughlin, David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, pages 156–7
  5. (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
    • The Chinese, ever since the first century of our era, have called the countries which we to-day name Kashgar and Sungaria, "routes." They referred them to their relative position on the two sides of the Tian-Shan, and called our Sungaria, Pe-lu, " northern route," and our Kashgar, Nan-lu, "...1908, Henry Smith Williams, The Historians' History of the World
  6. A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.

See all 12 meanings of route

Proper noun capitalized: RT

RT

  1. A Russian state-controlled international news television network; originally an initialism of Russia Today.
    • Over at least the past year, RT and its employees, including KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV, a/k/a "Kostya," and ELENA AFANASYEVA, a/k/a "Lena," the defendants, have deployed nearly $10 million, laundered through a network of foreign shell entities, to covertly fund and direct U.S. Company-1.2024 September, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV, a/k/a "Kostya," and ELENA AF ANASYEV A, a/k/a "Lena,"”, in UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, page 1

Noun capitalized: RT

RT (countable and uncountable, plural RTs)

  1. (Canadian, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of right tackle.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of right twist.
  3. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of retweet.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of response time.
  5. (alternative) Alternative form of R/T.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of resistance training.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of respiratory therapy.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of respiratory therapy technician / respiratory technician / respiratory therapist.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of radiology technologist / radiology technician.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of radiotherapy.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of road test.
  12. A bus formerly manufactured by the Associated Equipment Company, mostly for use in London.
  13. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of reaction time.
  14. (symbol) Symbol for refrigeration tons.
    Synonyms:
    TR, ToR

Adjective capitalized: RT

RT (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of real-time.

Verb capitalized: RT

RT (third-person singular simple present RTs, present participle RTing, simple past and past participle RTed)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of retweet.
    • "I see lots of Osama pics floating on twitter, aint gonna RT any of dem though .. Don't wanna get fined by terrorist"2011 May 2, Chagney Hunt [username], “Ryan Babel”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet)

Synonyms of rt

Forms of rt

Adjective
alternative formrt.
Noun
pluralrts
pluralRTs
Verb
third-person singular presentRTs
present participleRTing
past participleRTed
pastRTed

Words formed from rt

Phrases with rt

Questions about rt

What does rt mean?
Rt means a Russian state-controlled international news television network; originally an initialism of Russia Today.
What is rt the abbreviation of?
Rt is the abbreviation of right.
What part of speech is rt?
Rt can be a proper noun, a noun, an adjective or a verb.

Words near rt in the dictionary

  1. RSVPed
  2. RSVPing
  3. RSVPs
  4. RSVs
  5. RSW
  6. rt
  7. Rt Hon
  8. Rt Rev
  9. rt.
  10. Rt. Hon.
  11. Rt. Rev'd.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rt (page history and authors); RT (page history and authors); right (page history and authors); route (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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