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  • inf
    inf
    abbreviation
  • 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.


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.


Inf. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. infantry.

  2. infuse.


inf 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. infinitive

  2. informal

  3. infra

"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

INF 2 British  

abbreviation

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

"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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Volitive subjunctive, 272 f. volnus, spelling, 9, 1. volō, 130; —— with inf.,

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

Diastole, 367, 2. dīc, 116, 3. dīcitur, dictum est, w. inf.,

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

Conjunctions, 145, 1; 341 f. cōnor, 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

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