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# rn

«rn» in Mova's school dictionary: **"right now": "I'm busy rn"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (RN, rn)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, texting) rn means "right now": "I'm busy rn". [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x1)
- I'm so bored rn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x2)
- "Where are you rn?" "At the park." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x3)
- My aunt is an RN at the children's hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x4)
- Grandpa served in the RN for twenty years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/#x5)
- The RN came to check my temperature. [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.