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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

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 Saintsbury, George

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

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

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

From One Martian Afternoon by Leahy, Tom

On its website, the Shanghai tech startup INF says it sells AI products focused on the financial and health industries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

When operational, the person said, they will focus on helping INF train AI for financial applications and science research, such as drug discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Giants: INF Marco Luciano was placed on the 10-day IL with a right hamstring strain.

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

This election took place on the 5th day of Inf. xix. 82-87.

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

Blount, 29th Inf., who led the line by at least twenty-five yards * * *.

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

The people all gathered in the wide street of Santa Trinita, and Messer Gianni de' Soldanieri made himself head of Inf. xxxii.

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