OCR

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verb

To perform optical character recognition upon.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

proper noun
  1. UKabbreviationinitialismeducationInitialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board).
  2. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Office for Civil Rights.
    1 more example

    “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 indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.

    2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN
  3. abbreviationinitialismlifestyleInitialism of Office of the Chief Rabbi.
nounOCR (countable and uncountable, plural OCRs)

plural OCRs

  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of optical character recognition (the technology or principle).
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismcomputingInitialism of optical character reader (the scanning device).
  3. abbreviationinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of obstacle course racing.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismhobbiesInitialism of obstacle course race.
  5. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of one coat render.
verbOCR (third-person singular simple present OCRs, present participle OCRing, simple past and past participle OCRed)

present singular third person OCRs · participle present OCRing · participle past OCRed · past OCRed

  1. transitiveTo 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

German OZE (Optische Zeichenerkennung)
  • OZE (Optische Zeichenerkennung)optical character recognition
Polish OCR
  • OCRoptical character recognition
Swedish optisk teckenigenkänning, maskinläsning
  • optisk teckenigenkänningoptical character recognition
  • maskinläsningoptical character recognition
Turkish OKT
  • OKToptical character recognition

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

OCR. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OCR

MLA

“OCR.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OCR. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “OCR,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OCR.

Source: OCR on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.