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  inf

  abbreviation

  infimum.
• INF
  INF

  noun

  European-based U.S. nuclear weapons that were capable of striking the Soviet Union and Soviet ones that could hit Western Europe (usually used attributively).
• Inf.
  Inf.

  abbreviation

  infantry.

inf

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Mathematics. infimum.

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INF ² American  

[inf] / ɪnf /

noun

1. European-based U.S. nuclear weapons that were capable of striking the Soviet Union and Soviet ones that could hit Western Europe (usually used attributively).

   INF missiles;

   the 1987 INF Treaty.

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Inf. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. infantry.

2. infuse.

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inf ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. infinitive

2. informal

3. infra

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INF ² British  

abbreviation

1. intermediate-range nuclear forces: land-based missiles and aircraft with a range between 500 and 5000 km

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Etymology

Origin of INF²

First recorded in 1980–85; abbreviation of I(ntermediate-range) N(uclear) F(orces)

Origin of Inf.³

Inf. ( def. 2 ) < Latin infunde

Example Sentences

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inf INF Inf.

She received two letters, one from the prisoners' camp in Libya, the other marked "War Prison inf Italy."

From Time Magazine Archive

Infinitive, gender of, 15, A 3; —— in -ier, 116, 4, a; —— force of tenses in, 270; 326 ff. —— fut. perf. inf.,

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett

"Well, I mean, that when us Earth people came, you Martians did inf ... infan ..."

From One Martian Afternoon by Tom Leahy

For the formally entitled Contes et Nouvelles and the collection headed by Ilka, v. inf.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

Singular, second person indefinite, 280, 3; 356, 3; 302, 2. sinō with inf.,

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett

Qi was one of the earliest machine-learning scientists at Alibaba, a Chinese tech giant that has helped fund INF.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Fudan representatives were part of the deal negotiations, according to the people, but ultimately INF signed the contract for the computing power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Yankees: INF DJ LeMahieu and OF Giancarlo Stanton got the day off for rest.

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024

“The number could grow the longer INF is put in place,” the official said, using the acronym for immediate needs funding.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023

—The Reagan-Gorbachev INF treaty was signed on December 8, 1987, exactly seven years after John Lennon was killed.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

March 1, 2010 8:53 am Link I served two years in the Vietnam war, in both the 198th Inf. and the 11th Armored Cav.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010

Previously, Private Paul Crouch, No. 6,346,392, Service Co., 21st Inf., had been sentenced to dishonorable discharge and 40 years at hard labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blount, 29th Inf., left San Pedro Macati the afternoon of Jan. 4th, 1900 * * *.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount

Another band departed from the said destruction, to wit Antenor, who was one of the greatest lords of Troy, and was brother of Priam, and Inf. xxxii.

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

James Whitcomb was assigned to the 13th U. S. Inf., and detailed at Gen. Anderson's request as an Aide-de-Camp in place of Capt.

From Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles by John McElroy