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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

She has come far from the days when Dorothy Parker described her as running the gamut from A to B. In The Millionairess she runs it from ff to fff.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

“Someone has to watch this build- ff mg. “But there’s nothing left to take but your stove and your chair.”

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

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