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# ru

«ru» in Mova's school dictionary: **the internet ending (domain) for websites from Russia** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

fragment / abbreviation (ru, .ru, RU)

### meaning for a pupil

1) .ru is the internet ending (domain) for websites from Russia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#m1)

2) RU or ru is the short code for Russia or the Russian language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#m2)

3) It is a fragment, not a word on its own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and online safety lessons, domain endings like .ru, .uk and .com tell where a site is from; check unknown links before clicking. Phrases: a .ru website.

### examples

- The website ended in .ru. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#x1)
- RU is the code for Russia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#x2)
- «ru» is the code for the Russian language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#x3)
- Check unknown websites before you open them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#x4)
- .uk is for the United Kingdom and .ru for Russia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#x5)
- On the language menu, RU means Russian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ru/#x6)

### note

Not an English word; an abbreviation. Usually read out as letters «R U» or «dot R U». «R u» in texting also means «are you» (slang).

### Trees and pragmatics

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