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ADF

noun ADFs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of automatic direction finder
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of automatic document feeder
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Application Development Framework (of Oracle)

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of African Development Foundation “The Budget proposes to eliminate the African Development Foundation (ADF) and the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) in order to streamline functions across Government. The funding included in the Budget reflects close-out costs for ADF and IAF, particularly to pay severance costs.
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Alliance Defending Freedom “When I spoke to ADF last year, I learned that the Southern Poverty Law Center had classified ADF as a ‘hate group,’ ” Sessions said. “They have used this designation as a weapon and they have wielded it against conservative organizations that refuse to accept their orthodoxy.”
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Allied Democratic Forces

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@misc{adf_2026,
  title = {ADF},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}