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• three r's — noun plural Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: so called from the facetiously used phrase reading, riting, and rithmetic 1. : the fundamentals taught in elementary school; especially : reading and writing and arithmetic 2. : the fundamental… …   Useful english dictionary

• The three Rs — The three R s (as in the letter R ) is a phrase sometimes used [ [http://www.papert.org/articles/ObsoleteSkillSet.html Obsolete Skill Set: The 3 Rs Literacy and Letteracy in the Media Ages] ] to describe the foundations of a basic skills oriented …   Wikipedia

• School Days (1907 song) — Infobox Standard title=School Days comment=( When We Were a Couple of Kids ) image size= caption=Cover, sheet music, 1907 writer=Gus Edwards/Will D. Cobb composer= lyricist= published=1907 written= language=English form= original artist= recorded …   Wikipedia

• threeR's — three R s pl.n. Reading, writing, and arithmetic, considered as the fundamentals of elementary education.   [From the phrase reading, riting, and rithmetic, alteration of reading, writing, and arithmetic.] * * * …   Universalium

• three R's — n. reading, writing, and arithmetic, regarded as the basic elementary studies and the fundamentals of an education: so called from the humorous spelling reading, riting, and rithmetic: with the …   English World dictionary

• three R's — noun plural Etymology: from the facetiously used phrase reading, riting, and rithmetic Date: 1828 1. the fundamentals taught in elementary school; especially reading, writing, and arithmetic 2. the fundamental skills in a field of endeavor …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• three R's — n. pl. 1) reading, writing, and arithmetic, regarded as the fundamentals of education 2) the basic skills of any field • Etymology: 1820–30; based on the facetious sp. reading, riting, and rithmetic …   From formal English to slang

• three R's — 1. reading, riting, and rithmetic, regarded as the fundamentals of education. 2. the fundamentals, basic knowledge, or skills of any system or field: the three R s of good government. [1820 30] * * * …   Universalium

• R — ([aum]r). R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 178, 179, and 250 254. R is the dog s letter and hurreth in the sound. B …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The three Rs — R R ([aum]r). R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 178, 179, and 250 254. R is the dog s letter and hurreth in the sound …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Three Rs — (pronounced three ars ), can refer to: * Animal testing, an abbreviation for, reduce, replace, refine * The three Rs, a widely used abbreviation for the basic elements of a primary school curriculum: reading, ’riting (writing), and ’rithmetic… …   Wikipedia