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ifs

/ɪfs/

ifs is the plural of if.

Meaning of if

Noun

if (plural ifs)

  1. (informal) An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
    • The board can't approve this project; there are too many ifs.

See all 11 meanings of if

Noun (1) capitalized: IFS

IFS (countable and uncountable, plural IFSs)

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

Noun (2) capitalized: IFS

IFS pl (plural only)

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

Proper noun (1) capitalized: IFS

IFS

  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: […]2017 March 13, Zoe Williams, “Cuts are a feminist issue. So what would a suffragette do?”, in The Guardian

Noun (3) capitalized: IFs

IFs

  1. (plural) plural of IF

Proper noun (2) capitalized: IfS

IfS

  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.2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN

Forms of ifs

pluralIFSs

Origin of ifs

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

Phrases with ifs

Words that rhyme with ifs

Questions about ifs

What does ifs mean?
Ifs means institute for State Policy.
What is ifs the plural of?
Ifs is the plural of if.
What part of speech is ifs?
Ifs can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ifs?
Ifs is pronounced /ɪfs/.
What is the plural of ifs?
The plural of ifs is IFSs.

Words near ifs in the dictionary

  1. ifritah
  2. ifritahs
  3. ifritas
  4. ifrits
  5. IFRS
  6. ifs
  7. ifs and ans
  8. ifs and buts
  9. ifs or buts
  10. ifs, ands or buts
  11. ifs, ands, or buts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ifs (page history and authors); IFS (page history and authors); IFs (page history and authors); IfS (page history and authors); if (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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