Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Jump To:

FFA

1 American  
F.F.A. 2 American  
Or f.f.a.

abbreviation

  1. Commerce. free from alongside (ship).


ffa British  

abbreviation

  1. free from alongside (ship)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Also at the party were six high-school girls from an FFA agricultural program in Tahoka, Texas, who flew in to perform a skit they wrote about cloud seeding.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

The FFA said the Boeing aircraft was towed to the gate after landing.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2024

They drove a half-hour to a dirt-floor events center in McKinney, a Dallas suburb, for a livestock show organized by local chapters of the 4-H Club and the National FFA Organization.

From Seattle Times Oct. 2, 2022

Senior student Angelina Toineeta decided this year to pursue a career in journalism after writing a piece on the Little Bighorn FFA program for last spring’s photojournalism class.

From Washington Times Sep. 10, 2022

Sixty series were taken, and the values found for the average ET were 4.52 secs, for FFA and 6.24 secs, for FAA, ST being 5.0 secs.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

In high school, he belonged not just to the F.F.A. but also to the Young Republicans, and he made something of a name for himself as a local political activist.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2018

Begun 83 years ago and now known simply as the F.F.A., it is the largest vocational student group in the country, with more than half a million members and still growing.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2011

Mr. Pearson, 17, raised 50 head of cattle and competed at livestock judging and agricultural sales in F.F.A., but he said his career ambitions were elsewhere, perhaps in sales.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2011

Says Joe of his benefits from the F.F.A.:

From Time Magazine Archive

Here in the F.F.A. there are a lot of awards offered, with thousands of boys all trying to win them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training