"TAFE" meaning in English

See TAFE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /teɪf/ Audio: en-au-TAFE.ogg Forms: TAFEs [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪf Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TAFE (countable and uncountable, plural TAFEs)
  1. (Australia, uncountable) Initialism of technical and further education. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: technical and further education Categories (topical): Education Translations (technical and further education): 技術與繼續教育 (Chinese Mandarin), 技术与继续教育 (jìshù yǔ jìxù jiàoyù) (Chinese Mandarin), ammattikorkeakoulu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-TAFE-en-noun-FQsk3zDt Disambiguation of Education: 57 43 Categories (other): Australian English Disambiguation of 'technical and further education': 90 10
  2. (Australia, countable) A college offering courses in technical and vocational education. Tags: Australia, countable Categories (topical): Schools Translations (college): 技校 (jìxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), ammattikorkeakoulu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-TAFE-en-noun-H7Xsb-Lc Disambiguation of Schools: 32 68 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'college': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: super TAFE

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, Michelle Hespe, Industrial Design, Career FAQs, page 129:",
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