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FAC — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • caf noun A café; an informal spot for coffee and a light meal.
  • college noun An institution of higher education, often part of a larger university.
  • uni noun Informal British/Australian term for university.
  • university noun An institution of higher education offering degrees, teaching, and research.

Senses

FAC is used for these senses in English:

  • CAF (Canada, military) Initialism of w:Canadian Armed Forces.
  • CAF (Canada, military, aviation, historical) Initialism of w:Canadian Air Force, predecessor of the Royal Canadian Air Force
  • RCAF (Canada, military, aviation) Initialism of w:Royal Canadian Air Force.
  • college (chiefly, US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
  • uni (colloquial, chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) University.
  • university Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

caf — full definition

  1. noun A café; an informal spot for coffee and a light meal.
  2. noun A cafeteria, especially at a school, hospital, or workplace.
  3. noun Informal shorthand for a caffeinated (as opposed to decaf) coffee.

college — full definition

  1. noun An institution of higher education, often part of a larger university.
  2. noun A semi-independent division of a university, with its own students, staff, and buildings.

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