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SF

adj · name · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Initialism of smoker-friendly: not objecting to people who smoke tobacco.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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name

Meaning 2

Initialism of San Francisco.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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name

Meaning 3

Initialism of Sinn Féin; an Irish political party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: government, politics

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name

Meaning 4

Initialism of Street Fighter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: video-games

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name

Meaning 5

Initialism of Super Formula.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of science fiction or speculative fiction, often used to avoid having to choose between the two.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of square feet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of spontaneous fission.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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9

noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of small forward.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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10

noun

Meaning 10

Abbreviation of semifinal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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noun

Meaning 11

Initialism of single female.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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12

noun

Meaning 12

Alternative form of SF (science fiction)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, dated

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13

noun

Meaning 13

Abbreviation of significant figure(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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14

noun

Meaning 14

a book size one sixty-fourth of the size of a standard uncut sheet of paper (less 7.5 cm (3") in height)

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History

Etymology

Abbreviation of sixty-fourth