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ifs¹

  • /ɪfs/

Rhymes with -ɪfs

noun

  1. plural plural of if

IFS²

noun IFSs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of iterated function system
  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of information fatigue syndrome

noun

  1. Unix, abbreviation, initialism, plural, plural only Initialism of Input Field Separators

proper noun

  1. UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Institute for Fiscal Studies: an economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy. 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: […]

IFs³

noun

  1. plural plural of IF

IfS⁴

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German IfS (“Institut für Staatspolitik”).

proper noun

  1. German Institute for State Policy. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ioc, ifc, fis, pir, ipe, conditions, federations, ifrc, lwf, maybes, sfi, suppositions, uncertainties, yews, imponderables, unknowns

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"ifs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ifs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ifs. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ifs

Chicago

"ifs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ifs.

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@misc{ifs_2026,
  title = {ifs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ifs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}