tef

/ tɛf /

noun

1. an annual grass, Eragrostis abyssinica, of NE Africa, grown for its grain

Word History and Origins

Origin of tef¹

C18: from Amharic tēf

Example Sentences

The government is scheduled to receive a report on the TEF from the independent reviewer Dame Shirley Pearce.

From BBC

Urging the statistics regulator to intervene, the society said it was "likely to mislead students who use TEF to inform their university choices".

From BBC

The TEF is meant to help young people make comparisons about the quality of teaching when they are applying to university.

From BBC

And the Royal Statistical Society said "all TEF awards to date are invalid" because of its concerns about how this data is collected, analysed and reported.

From BBC

“People with different politics came together, people were making phone calls around the clock, knocking on doors. It was an across-the-table effort,” says St Louis native Tef Poe, a rapper, organizer and Harvard fellow.

From The Guardian