Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: irb
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of institutional review board, a committee that reviews the designs of proposed experiments to confirm whether all the methods proposed are ethical.

noun

Initialism of investment review board, a committee of business executives who review investment choices, comparing against strategy and opportunity costs.

noun

Initialism of internal review board, an internal affairs division of a police department.

noun

Initialism of inflatable rescue boat.

adj

Initialism of internal ratings-based approach.

name

Initialism of Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.

name

Initialism of International Rugby Board, the name used by World Rugby, the worldwide governing body for rugby union, from 1998 to 2014.

Example Sentences

"Ms Rybicki began filming just as a second IRB drove out to the rogue boat, collecting the first lifesaver into the boat en route."

Inflected Forms

IRBs (plural)

Questions

What does irb mean?: Initialism of institutional review board, a committee that reviews the designs of proposed experiments to confirm whether all the methods proposed are ethical.

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