Cf

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. californium.

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CF ² American  

abbreviation

1. Christian female.

2. Also cf cubic foot; cubic feet.

3. cystic fibrosis.

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cf. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Bookbinding. calf.

2. Music. cantus firmus.

3. Baseball. center fielder.

4. compare.

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c/f ⁴ American  

Bookkeeping.

1. carried forward.

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C.F. ⁵ American  

Or c.f.

abbreviation

1. cost and freight.

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cf. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. compare

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cf ² British  

abbreviation

1. Central African Republic

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cf ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Also: c f.  cost and freight

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c/f ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. carried forward

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CF ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. Chaplain to the Forces

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Cf ⁶ British  

symbol

1. californium

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cf. Cultural  

1. An abbreviation meaning “compare.” It is short for the Latin word confer and instructs the reader to compare one thing with another.

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Etymology

Origin of cf.

From the Latin word confer

Example Sentences

Eg: --Clickbait: Cf headline this story: "Its Own Worst Bug" --I read NYT and NPR web pages daily.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2017

Cf The United Nations must remain united for peace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cf The Silent Land's hero is one of the finest, go-gettingest he-men in contemporary writing�a Winsor version of Lanny Budd.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cf Cut $3 billion out of the $10.6 billion asked for federal domestic agencies, chiefly by firing 100,000 employees and shaving secondary civilian programs.

From Time Magazine Archive

It came to pass afterwards, as it pleased God, that there was elected Pope Messer Ottobuono dal Fiesco, of the counts of Lavagna of Genoa, Cf.

From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni