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SRO

SRO is the initialism of standing room only.

SRO is the initialism of senior-ranking officer.

SRO is the initialism of school resource officer.

SRO is the initialism of single-room occupancy.

SRO is the initialism of solid roundish object.

Meaning of standing room only

Phrase

standing room only

  1. Of an event, venue, or public transportation, so full or so well attended that all the seats are occupied and the only available or remaining space is for people to stand.
    • Ever since Stourbridge-born Bellingham became huge news, fans turn out to cheer the local hero on the big screen inside the clubhouse whenever the Three Lions - who play a friendly with Australia on Friday followed by a Euro 2024 qualifier against Italy next Tuesday - are in action.
      "It was...2023 October 12, Neil Johnston, “FA Cup: Why Stourbridge is fearing for its future”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    SRO

Meaning of school resource officer

Noun

school resource officer (plural school resource officers)

  1. (US) A police officer stationed at a school, such as a high school.

Forms of SRO

pluralSROs

Questions about SRO

What is SRO the initialism of?
SRO is the initialism of standing room only.

Words near SRO in the dictionary

  1. SRMTHFG
  2. SRN
  3. srna
  4. srnas
  5. SRNH
  6. SRO
  7. Sroka
  8. Srokas
  9. SROM
  10. SROs
  11. Sroufe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SRO (page history and authors); standing room only (page history and authors); school resource officer (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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