intj

roger

ROD-zhuh

intj

Used in radio communication to confirm that a message has been received and understood.

""Return to base immediately." "Roger that.""

"The pilot said "Roger" to confirm the new heading."

verb

To confirm receipt of a message by saying "roger".

"He rogered the instruction and changed course."

How to Use Roger

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA radio-communication word meaning "message received and understood".

When to use it

Mostly used in military, aviation, and CB-radio contexts; in general speech people often say it jokingly to mean simply "okay, got it".

Common pairings

roger that roger, over and out

rogered past tense, rogered past tense, rogers plural, Rogers plural, rogers singular, rogers singular

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"Return to base immediately." "_____ that."

From the male name Roger, used from around the 1940s in military radio code as the word for the letter R — standing for "received".

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