"WFH" meaning in English

See WFH in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} WFH
  1. (medicine) Initialism of World Federation of Hemophilia: an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with hemophilia and other genetic bleeding disorders. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: World Federation of Hemophilia (extra: an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with hemophilia and other genetic bleeding disorders) Categories (topical): Medicine, Organizations
    Sense id: en-WFH-en-name-4R5tpBA8 Disambiguation of Organizations: 31 33 3 32 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 36 9 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 37 6 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 38 4 38 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

Forms: WFHs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} WFH (countable and uncountable, plural WFHs)
  1. Initialism of working from home. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: working from home Categories (topical): Organizations
    Sense id: en-WFH-en-noun-jrPmGPma Disambiguation of Organizations: 31 33 3 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 36 9 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 37 6 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 38 4 38
  2. (US copyright law) Initialism of work for hire. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: work for hire Categories (topical): Copyright

Verb

Forms: WFH [present, singular, third-person], WFHs [nonstandard, present, singular, third-person], WFH [participle, present], WFHing [nonstandard, participle, present], WFH [participle, past], WFH [past], WFHed [nonstandard, participle, past, rare], WFHed [nonstandard, past, rare]
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  1. (neologism) Initialism of work from home. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, neologism Alternative form of: work from home Categories (topical): Organizations
    Sense id: en-WFH-en-verb-ejQbjlCr Disambiguation of Organizations: 31 33 3 32 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 36 9 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 37 6 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 38 4 38

Inflected forms

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