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ff

American  

abbreviation

  1. folios.

  2. (and the) following (pages, verses, etc.).

  3. Music. fortissimo.


ff British  

symbol

  1. folios

  2. following (pages, lines, etc)

  3. music fortissimo: an instruction to play very loudly

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His father is a founding partner in ff Venture Capital in New York, focusing on fintech, applied artificial intelligence, drones and robotics.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2020

See Clarkson to Comte de Mirabeau, Nov. 17, 1789, ff.

From Slate May 18, 2015

Having been raised with a language that contains such combinations as "rhythm," "syzygy" and "gnathic," and in which gh, ph and ff can all sound alike, I don't see what the fuss is about.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such absurdities as having f, ff, gh and ph represent one single sound would be eliminated.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You used to tell me how no one would ever fly- either,” White Deer pointed out, “and yet the demons ff are. “

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

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