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# rn

abbreviation (RN, rn)

«rn» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (slang, texting) rn means "right now": "I'm busy rn". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#m1)
2. RN means Registered Nurse, a fully trained nurse (USA, Canada, Australia). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#m2)
3. RN means the Royal Navy, the navy of the United Kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#m3)

### In the lessons

In text messages and online chats, "rn" saves typing "right now". In hospitals, a name badge "Jane Smith, RN" means she is a registered nurse. In history and stories about ships, "HMS … RN" refers to the Royal Navy. Phrases: rn, RN nurse, the RN.

### Examples

- Can't talk rn, eating dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x1)
- I'm so bored rn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x2)
- "Where are you rn?" "At the park." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x3)
- My aunt is an RN at the children's hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x4)
- Grandpa served in the RN for twenty years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x5)
- The RN came to check my temperature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x6)

### Note

Abbreviation, not a word. Texting slang "rn" is lower case and informal; never use it in school writing. RN in capitals = Registered Nurse or Royal Navy; context tells you which.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The author is describing how Sefer Yetzirah divides the 22 letters into 10 double and 12 simple letters, a division the tradition keeps. In the primary lessons: In text messages and online chats, "rn" saves typing "right now". In hospitals, a name badge "Jane Smith, RN" means she is a registered nurse. In history and stories about ships, "HMS … RN" refers to the Royal Navy. Phrases: rn, RN nurse, the RN.

### Examples

- It therefore follows that, according to the author of the Sefer Yetzirali II, the twenty-two letters are divided into ten double rns: -:c ,rox and twelve simple letters psy cjr "un Ti.-i. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rn/#x1)

### Note

Abbreviation, not a word. Texting slang "rn" is lower case and informal; never use it in school writing. RN in capitals = Registered Nurse or Royal Navy; context tells you which.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rn.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «rn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rn.html) on Mova free.