Cf

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. californium.

---

CF ² American  

abbreviation

1. Christian female.

2. Also cf cubic foot; cubic feet.

3. cystic fibrosis.

---

cf. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Bookbinding. calf.

2. Music. cantus firmus.

3. Baseball. center fielder.

4. compare.

---

c/f ⁴ American  

Bookkeeping.

1. carried forward.

---

C.F. ⁵ American  

Or c.f.

abbreviation

1. cost and freight.

---

cf. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. compare

---

cf ² British  

abbreviation

1. Central African Republic

---

cf ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Also: c f.  cost and freight

---

c/f ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. carried forward

---

CF ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. Chaplain to the Forces

---

Cf ⁶ British  

symbol

1. californium

---

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.

---

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 University of Michigan's Dr. Gordon C. Brown: widespread Salk vaccination of childbearing women has led to unexpected complications in protecting their infants against polio.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cf That prisoners tell anything "already known to the enemy."

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

Then, not being able longer to resist the forces of the Ghibellines, they abandoned the defence, and departed from the city on the night of S. Mary Candlemas in the year Cf.

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