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Meaning of NSF | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of National Science Foundation.
  2. Initialism of nonsufficient funds: the alert generated by a bounced check or an ACH transaction failure due to not enough money being in the account.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
  3. Initialism of not safe for [context] or not suitable for [context]: labels online content as being not appropriate for, and not to be clicked or displayed in, the named context; for example, NSFW (work), NSFL (life or lunch), NSFM (minors).
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
  4. Initialism of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, a rare syndrome that involves fibrosis of the skin, joints, eyes, and internal organs.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Those overall numbers are in line with Schumer's year-old plan to make NSF the spearpoint of a massive federal investment in research aimed at outinnovating China.”

CEFR level

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