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Meaning of ifs | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
/ɪfs/

Definitions

  1. Initialism of iterated function system.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. Initialism of Input Field Separators.
    Unix, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
  3. Initialism of Institute for Fiscal Studies: an economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy.
    UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. Institute for State Policy.
    German
  5. Initialism of information fatigue syndrome.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Examples

“At the IFS, they laboured in vain to bring the nation’s attention back to the real economic news, which wasn’t the budget so much as the tax and benefit changes set to kick in next month: […]”
“Two other organizations – the Institute for State Policy (IfS) and the “Ein Prozent” (One Percent) association – were labeled extremist at the same time as the group.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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