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Cf. : Grammatical Terms in Linguistics
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1. In scholarly work, the conventional abbreviation for ‘compare’, from Latin confer ‘bring together’. 2. By confusion, but very commonly, an abbreviation for ‘see’ or ‘refer to’, for which the...
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cf. is an abbreviation for the Latin derived (but also modern English) word confer, meaning "compare" or "consult". It is mainly used in common and statute law contexts as well as in academic writing. Thus "cf." is often used by authors in the text of...


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