"TF" meaning in English

See TF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: TFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TF (countable and uncountable, plural TFs)
  1. (countable) Initialism of teaching fellow. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: teaching fellow
    Sense id: en-TF-en-noun-TnbG0Or2
  2. (countable, information science) Initialism of term frequency. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: term frequency Categories (topical): Information science
  3. Initialism of team final. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: team final
    Sense id: en-TF-en-noun-TiMz4NkR
  4. (countable, LGBTQ) Initialism of trans female. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: trans female Categories (topical): LGBTQ Synonyms: TW#Noun
    Sense id: en-TF-en-noun-0rsFe9l5 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  5. (uncountable, pornography) Initialism of transformation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: transformation Categories (topical): Pornography
    Sense id: en-TF-en-noun-en:transformation Topics: lifestyle, media, pornography, sexuality
  6. (uncountable, Philippines) Initialism of talent fee. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: talent fee
    Sense id: en-TF-en-noun-PG870Tge Categories (other): Philippine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: TF-CBT

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} TF
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of the fuck. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar Alternative form of: the fuck Synonyms: tf
    Sense id: en-TF-en-phrase-rivG26x3

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for TF meaning in English (4.7kB)

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