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Q.E.F.

abbreviation for

  1. which was to be done.


QEF

abbreviation for

  1. quod erat faciendum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Q.E.F.1

From Latin quod erat faciendum
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Q.E.F.1

Latin: which was to be done
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Example Sentences

Queen's Counsel; Queen's College. q.d., quasi dicat=As if he should say. q.e., quod est=Which is. q.e.d., quod erat demonstrandum=Which was to be demonstrated. q.e.f., quod erat faciendum=Which was to be done. q.e.i, quod erat inveniendum=Which was to be found out. q.l., quantum libet=As much as you please.

Q.E.F., quod erat faciendum, which was to be done.

That, if you come to think of it, was what you writing chaps would call the quintessential Q.E.F.

The business in hand, however, is not a theorem, but a problem; it is not a thesis to be proved, but a malady to be cured; and the world will thank only the reasoner who winds up, not with Q.E.D., but with Q.E.F.

That, if you come to think of it, was what you writing chaps would call the quintessential Q.E.F.

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