Usually means: "Compare with," used in citations.
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We found 56 dictionaries that define the word cf:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. CF, Cf, cf: Merriam-Webster
  2. CF, Cf, Cf, cf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. CF, Cf, cf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cf, cf: Collins English Dictionary
  5. CF, Cf, cf, cf: Vocabulary.com
  6. CF, Cf, cf, cF: Wordnik
  7. cf: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. c.f, cf: Wiktionary
  9. cf: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Cf, cf: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. CF: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cf, .cf, c.f, cf: Dictionary.com
  13. CF, C.f, Cf (disambiguation), Cf, .cf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Cf, cf: Rhymezone
  15. C.F, CF, Cf, .cf, cf: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. Cf: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  17. cf, cf: FreeDictionary.org
  18. cf, cf: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Cf, cf: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. cf: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. cf: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. C.F, cf: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. CF: Investopedia
  6. CF, C.f: Legal dictionary
  7. cf: Financial dictionary
  8. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. cf: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. CF: Netlingo
  3. Cf, cf: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. CF: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. CF: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. Cf: Medical dictionary
  8. CF: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. cf, cf, cf: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. CF, cf: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. CF: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  2. cf: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  3. Cf, cf: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
  4. Cf: WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements
  5. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. C.F, C.F, CF: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  3. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See cfing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (photography) A CF memory card
verb:  Alternative form of cf. [Compare, compare to, compare with.]
noun:  Abbreviation of cluster fuck.
noun:  (baseball) Abbreviation of center field. [(baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.]
noun:  (baseball) Abbreviation of center fielder. [(baseball) the outfield defensive player who stands in the middle of the field]
noun:  (finance) Abbreviation of cash flow. [(accounting) The sum of cash revenues and expenditures over a period of time.]
noun:  (health) Abbreviation of cystic fibrosis. [(pathology) An inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.]
noun:  (computing) Abbreviation of Collaborative filtering.
noun:  (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center front, a line on a pattern marking the center on the front side of a piece of clothing.
noun:  Initialism of Charlie Foxtrot. [(military) Clusterfuck, abbreviated to "CF" and expressed in the NATO phonetic alphabet.]
noun:  (Canada, military) Abbreviation of Canadian Forces.
noun:  (photography) Abbreviation of CompactFlash.
noun:  (photography) Abbreviation of CompactFast.
noun:  (computing) Abbreviation of .NET Compact Framework.
adjective:  Abbreviation of child-free. [(of a person or couple) Having no children, biological, step, or adopted, as a matter of choice.]

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