OCR

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OCR

proper noun

UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board).
US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Office for Civil Rights “As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately in
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Office of the Chief Rabbi

noun OCRs

abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of optical character recognition (the technology or principle).
abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of optical character reader (the scanning device).
abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of obstacle course racing
abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of obstacle course race
abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of one coat render

verb OCRs · OCRing · OCRed

transitive To perform optical character recognition upon. Google Book Search is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans, OCRs, and stores in its digital database.

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noun optical character recognition

Deutsch	OZE (Optische Zeichenerkennung)

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MLA

"OCR." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ocr. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

OCR. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ocr

Chicago

"OCR." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ocr.

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@misc{ocr_2026,
  title = {OCR},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ocr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}