f
abbreviation
firm.
f
2
American
F
3
American
[ef]
/ ɛf /
Or
f
noun
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F's,
plural
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Fs,
plural
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f's,
plural
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fs
plural
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the sixth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter F or f, as in fat, differ, or huff.
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something having the shape of an F .
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a written or printed representation of the letter F or f.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter F or f.
F
5
American
Symbol.
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the sixth in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark that indicates academic work of the lowest quality; failure.
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Music.
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the fourth tone in the scale of C major or the sixth tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
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a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
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a written or printed note representing this tone.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the fourth tone of the scale of C major, called fa.
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the tonality having F as the tonic note.
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(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 40.
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Mathematics.
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(sometimes lowercase) farad.
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Chemistry. fluorine.
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(sometimes lowercase)
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Biochemistry. phenylalanine.
f/
6
American
Or
f/
or
f:
abbreviation
Photography.
F-
7
American
abbreviation
Military.
f.
8
American
abbreviation
f.
9
American
abbreviation
f.
10
American
abbreviation
f.
11
American
abbreviation
f.
12
American
abbreviation
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farad.
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farthing.
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father.
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fathom.
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feet.
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female.
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feminine.
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filly.
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fine.
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fluid (ounce).
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folio.
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following.
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foot.
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form.
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formed of.
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franc.
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from.
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Mathematics. function (of ).
F.
13
American
abbreviation
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Fahrenheit.
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February.
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Fellow.
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forint.
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franc; francs.
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France.
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French.
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Friday.
F
1
British
symbol
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music
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a note having a frequency of 349.23 hertz ( F above middle C ) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the fourth note of the scale of C major
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a key, string, or pipe producing this note
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the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
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Fahrenheit
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Fellow
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chem fluorine
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Helmholtz function
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physics force
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franc(s)
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farad(s)
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genetics a generation of filial offspring, F 1 being the first generation of offspring, F 2 being the second generation, etc
abbreviation
f
2
British
symbol
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music forte: an instruction to play loudly
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physics frequency
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(formerly in the Netherlands) guilder
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maths function (of)
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physics femto-
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chess See algebraic notation
f.
3
British
abbreviation
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fathom(s)
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female
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grammar feminine
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folio
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following (page)
f
4
British
/ ɛf /
noun
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the sixth letter and fourth consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless labio-dental fricative, as in fat
F-
5
British
abbreviation
f
6
British
symbol
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of f.8
From the Latin word fac
Origin of f.9
From the Latin word f īant
Origin of f.10
From the Latin word fiat
Origin of f.11
From the Dutch word florin
Example Sentences
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In Walter’s case, the related-party loans f initially were reported at between $1 billion and $1.4 billion when the true total actually was between $16 billion and $21 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The most recent game in the franchise, a spin-off called Silent Hill f, sold a million copies the day it was released in September 2025.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
The cybersecurity company’s earnings and revenue forecast met analysts’ expectations but f ailed to impress investors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
In Welsh a single f is pronounced as a v — it takes two fs to make the noise in “fight” — and the emphasis is always on the penultimate syllable.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
They don’t want us to look attractive, f or them, things are bad enough as it is.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Average grades in preparatory math, precalculus and calculus across UC continue their five-year decline, while D and F grades, no-pass marks and withdrawals in those courses have gone up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Along the way, the company joined Station F, the vast tech start-up incubator housed in the Halle Freyssinet, a renovated rail freight depot in Paris.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The executive order came after Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr took a number of steps to remake US vaccine policies over the past year, including the childhood vaccination schedule.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A delicious word salad: How many words can you create with the letters Y, B, O, F, U, and N?
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
From D to D, for example is Dorian; from F to F is Lydian.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
The most recent game in the franchise, a spin-off called Silent Hill f, sold a million copies the day it was released in September 2025.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
The cybersecurity company’s earnings and revenue forecast met analysts’ expectations but f ailed to impress investors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
Thompson has instituted a curfew around the facility, allowing protests to occur only between f 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
In Welsh a single f is pronounced as a v — it takes two fs to make the noise in “fight” — and the emphasis is always on the penultimate syllable.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
It was like when I did the class presentation, f d been sure I was going to faint then too.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
The Cincinnati Bengals ranked 27th and had an F- grade for their nutritional offerings.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
"If I could go lower than F- I would," John, a Floridian visiting the Golden State, told Fox News.
From Fox News ● Aug. 21, 2021
Freekick just outside the D. And the resultant freekick is an F-, as Oscar dabs the ball into the wall.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2015
Simply by changing the Ph- to an F-, the country star showed just how easily team names could be switched from masculine to feminine.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2014
The time in the F- 86, everything had gone well.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
“Syzygy or, the Ceasing of the Sun” by juliany f. taveras is a rumination on what the future might be like.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Adults of C. f. pastinator resemble the juvenile condition typical of C. f. frugilegus.
From Scientific American ● May 12, 2013
In 1924 he profited $25,000,000 by shipping parts to district assembling plants, putting them together there and then charging the f. o. b. selling price.
From Time Magazine Archive
The price of a complete mammoth is $30,000 f. o. b.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may be given in doses of f. ǯij. to f. ǯiij. three times daily.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Robert F. Kennedy described lowered testosterone in young men as a “existential problem.”
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, told Congress in April that improving maternal health outcomes is a priority.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
He also has admiring words for Robert F. Kennedy and his mix of conservative and liberal positions deployed in his 1968 campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Our findings show that gut bacteria are also more dynamic than previously thought. Well-adapted strains can spread internationally and occupy new ecological niches," says study leader Martin F. Polz from the University of Vienna.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
So I'll make cards for 0 through 9, and A through F. That makes 16 cards to place around the camera, plus the question card.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
In general, we have a school district focused on 100% graduation rates, no F’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“We have seen Louisiana students go from all F’s to straight A’s because of this program,” Landry said in a written statement to the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
A date for Soldier F's trial will be decided early in the New Year.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
One simple strategy is focusing on the four F's of food: fiber, phytochemicals, unsaturated fats and fermented foods.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
“Now I can get y’all your D’s and F’s much faster.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Previously an A and B student, Bell started getting Fs at Alemany that spring, according to court filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
This exercise is the opposite of a zero Fs situation, though – she very much cares about the final glimpse the public has of Wendy Williams.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
I did get nothing less than a C and right back to Fs and Ds right after that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
When results day came around, Luke got his results - four Fs and an E.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023
“What if people think that the three Fs stand for ‘fee-fi-fo’?”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The Georgia native painted himself so much as one of Philly’s own, that it’s amazing Collins didn’t confess he was named with two f’s in honor of the Temple Tuff motto.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2016
Royal looked up and said, ‘I’ve been sitting here for 30 minutes, trying to figure out if professor has one or two f’s in it.’
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2012
"The only name I like is Jeff if you spell it with two f's instead of t's," she said.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gibbous nose aloft and in fine priggish voice, Master Freddie imparts phonetic reality to an age when Britishers wrote s's that looked like f's.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only Momma could decipher the lacy handwriting with its long, tall letters all bunched together and the lines running into one another because of the long-tailed, fancy z’s and f’s and g’s.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
To follow the transformation, the researchers used time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy and ultrashort laser pulses lasting only six fs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
In Welsh a single f is pronounced as a v — it takes two fs to make the noise in “fight” — and the emphasis is always on the penultimate syllable.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
Emotional truth is sacrificed at the altar of manufactured laffs, with two fs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
Suppose a jet airplane is coming nearly straight at you, emitting a sound of frequency fs .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
And when they have this perfection they are worth the following prices:— If the turquoise is of the said perfection and weighs a carat, it will be worth in the Malabar country xv fs.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa
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