FAI
Britishabbreviation
-
Fédération aéronautique internationale
-
Football Association of Ireland
Etymology
Origin of FAI
(sense 1) French: International Aeronautical Federation
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
FAI, which was up 1.8% over the first two months, is tipped at 2%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
A Wall Street Journal poll forecasts a slowdown in retail sales growth to 3% on the year over January-February, alongside a sharp deceleration in FAI to 0.8%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Scottish organiser Kevin Lindsay said: "We hope and expect that this FAI establishes all the facts and helps ensure that no family goes through the pain endured by those closest to Christopher, Donald and Brett."
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
An FAI is a public examination of the circumstances of a death in the public interest before a sheriff, which does not apportion blame or fault.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
KAU FAI At the top of the nunnery stairs, Rudolph met them with awkward ceremony, and with that smiling air of encouragement which a nurse might use in trying cheerfully to deceive a sick man.
From Dragon's blood by Rideout, Henry Milner
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
