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Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it conveyed such genuine enthusiasm for cooking that I was moved for the first time to slap down cold cash for a collection of recipes.
Alton Brown

Meaning of "jeff" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JEFF

Named after Jeff Kennett, former premier of the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JEFF

jeff  [dʒɛf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JEFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jeff is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb jeff in English.

WHAT DOES JEFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jeff

Jeff is a short form of the English given name Jeffrey, which derives from a medieval variant of Geoffrey. Jeff is especially used in the USA and Canada.

Definition of jeff in the English dictionary

The first definition of jeff in the dictionary is to downsize or close down. Other definition of jeff is to reduce or dismiss. Jeff is also to spoil or destroy ruthlessly.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO JEFF

PRESENT

Present
I jeff
you jeff
he/she/it jeffs
we jeff
you jeff
they jeff
Present continuous
I am jeffing
you are jeffing
he/she/it is jeffing
we are jeffing
you are jeffing
they are jeffing
Present perfect
I have jeffed
you have jeffed
he/she/it has jeffed
we have jeffed
you have jeffed
they have jeffed
Present perfect continuous
I have been jeffing
you have been jeffing
he/she/it has been jeffing
we have been jeffing
you have been jeffing
they have been jeffing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I jeffed
you jeffed
he/she/it jeffed
we jeffed
you jeffed
they jeffed
Past continuous
I was jeffing
you were jeffing
he/she/it was jeffing
we were jeffing
you were jeffing
they were jeffing
Past perfect
I had jeffed
you had jeffed
he/she/it had jeffed
we had jeffed
you had jeffed
they had jeffed
Past perfect continuous
I had been jeffing
you had been jeffing
he/she/it had been jeffing
we had been jeffing
you had been jeffing
they had been jeffing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will jeff
you will jeff
he/she/it will jeff
we will jeff
you will jeff
they will jeff
Future continuous
I will be jeffing
you will be jeffing
he/she/it will be jeffing
we will be jeffing
you will be jeffing
they will be jeffing
Future perfect
I will have jeffed
you will have jeffed
he/she/it will have jeffed
we will have jeffed
you will have jeffed
they will have jeffed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been jeffing
you will have been jeffing
he/she/it will have been jeffing
we will have been jeffing
you will have been jeffing
they will have been jeffing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would jeff
you would jeff
he/she/it would jeff
we would jeff
you would jeff
they would jeff
Conditional continuous
I would be jeffing
you would be jeffing
he/she/it would be jeffing
we would be jeffing
you would be jeffing
they would be jeffing
Conditional perfect
I would have jeff
you would have jeff
he/she/it would have jeff
we would have jeff
you would have jeff
they would have jeff
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been jeffing
you would have been jeffing
he/she/it would have been jeffing
we would have been jeffing
you would have been jeffing
they would have been jeffing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you jeff
we let´s jeff
you jeff
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to jeff
Past participle
jeffed
Present Participle
jeffing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JEFF

jeepers creepers
jeepney
Jeeps
jeer
jeerer
jeering
jeeringly
Jeevesian
Jeez
jefe
Jefferies
Jefferson
Jefferson City
Jeffersonian
Jeffrey
Jeffreys
jeggings
jehad
jehadi
jehadism

WORDS THAT END LIKE JEFF

aff
Bashkirtseff
cliff
eff
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Gurdjieff
Ipatieff
kid stuff
meff
member of staff
off
on and off
on-off
Rousseff
sheriff
staff
stuff
teff
turn off
turn-off

Synonyms and antonyms of jeff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jeff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JEFF

Find out the translation of jeff to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jeff from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jeff» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杰夫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jeff
570 millions of speakers

English

jeff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Jeff
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Джефф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jeff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জেফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jeff
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jeff
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jeff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジェフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jeff
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

jeff
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜெஃப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जेफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jeff
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

jeff
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Jeff
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Джефф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Jeff
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

jeff
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Jeff
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

jeff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jeff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jeff

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JEFF»

The term «jeff» is very widely used and occupies the 3.987 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JEFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jeff» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jeff» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jeff

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10 QUOTES WITH «JEFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word jeff.
1
Alton Brown
Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it conveyed such genuine enthusiasm for cooking that I was moved for the first time to slap down cold cash for a collection of recipes.
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Tim DeKay
Jeff Eastin is good in that he'll tell me a plot twist that's coming up if he thinks it would be something Peter would know ahead of time, and if it's something that would be a surprise to Peter, I'll tell jeff, 'Oh, don't tell me. I don't want to know.' And then it's exciting to read it and exciting to play it.
3
Robert Englund
Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.
4
Jose Ferreira
Jeff Bezos was one of those best and brightest who came to N.Y. to work in finance. He didn't need to know anything about retail bookselling to start Amazon.
5
Rachael Harris
Jeff Kinney is tall and has a great smile, but don't be fooled, he's as slick as they come. A real player. And how he came up with a book that appeals to kids ages 8-13 baffles me. He's an unbelievably kind man with a great family.
6
Kenneth Lay
Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away.
7
Stephen Rodrick
Jeff Bridges wants you to take it easy, man.
8
Bunker Roy
Jeff Sachs has the Millennium Villages. He spends $2.5 million in one village. It's an absolutely ridiculous model, because I've said that if you gave me $2.5 million, I can train 100 grandmothers, solar electrify 100 villages - 10,000 houses - and save you 100,000 litres of kerosene.
9
Jon Scieszka
Jeff Kinney's 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series and Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' books got 49,323,701 kids reading.
10
Tanya Tucker
Jeff Bodine was saying that when he gets depressed, that he cleans house.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JEFF»

Discover the use of jeff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jeff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jeff Hardy: Bound for Glory
Chronicles the life of the famous wrestler, from his early days with his brother as a tag team duo to his suspension later in his career.
Tracy Brown, 2011
2
Stranded
Books in the Stranded series: Stranded (Book 1) Trial By Fire (Book 2) Survivors (Book 3) Books in the Stranded, Shadow Island series: Forbidden Passage (Book 1) Sabotage (Book 2) Book 3 Coming Soon!
Jeff Probst, Christopher Tebbetts, 2013
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Galloway's Book on Running
Provides guidance for runners at all levels of experience, covering such topics as physiology, running logs, daily and weekly mileage programs, training charts, speed, pacing, racing, form, motivation, mental training, injuries, shoes, and ...
Jeff Galloway, 2002
4
Beds: Outstanding Projects from One of America's Best Craftsmen
Provides step-by-step instructions for nine bed projects, including a Shaker-style bed, a Craftsman-style bed, and a sleigh bed
Jeff Miller, 1999
5
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals ...
This book details the battle one must fight to be an independent thinker, showing how an honest reassessment of what it means to be a professional in today's corporate society can be remarkably liberating.
Jeff Schmidt, 2001
6
Jeff Bezos: The Founder of Amazon.com
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the man who created the online shopping site "Amazon.com," and describes the success of the store.
Ann Byers, 2007
7
Boston Marathon: How to Qualify!
A detailed guide to qualifying for the Boston Marathon focuses on speed training, mental toughness, perfecting form, and making adjustments in non-perfect conditions, in addition to featuring training schedules for different goal times.
Jeff Galloway, 2012
8
The Family: Power, Politics and Fundamentalism's Shadow Elite
A journalist's penetrating and controversial look at the untold story of Christian fundamentalism's most elite organisation: a self-described 'invisible' global network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful.
Jeff Sharlet, 2008
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Ten Things Every Writer Needs to Know
Throughout the book, Jeff provides dozens of model texts, both fiction and nonfiction, that bring alive the ten things every writer needs to know.
Jeff Anderson, 2011
10
Galloway's 5K and 10K Running
Inside training information from one who has entered over 1000 races, and represented the United States in the 10K in the Munich Olympics.
Jeff Galloway, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JEFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jeff is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer collide in New Hampshire Motor …
Midway through Saturday morning's first of two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practices at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Clint Bowyer and ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
2
TNA Releases New DVDs On Hulk Hogan And Jeff Hardy, Details …
TNA Wrestling released new DVDs on WWE contracted talent Hulk Hogan, and injured TNA talent Jeff Hardy, which you can find at their ... «Wrestling Inc., Jul 15»
3
Jeff Goldblum's wife Emilie Livingston snaps back to shape - Daily Mail
The 32-year-old wife of Jeff Goldblum posted a series of photographs to Instagram displaying her body transformation over the last two weeks. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Indiana's Jeff Gordon set to take final laps around Brickyard
“Since I'm a big Jeff Gordon fan and this is his last race here, I figured this is my last Brickyard, too,” said the 39-year-old barber as he sipped on ... «Indianapolis Business Journal, Jul 15»
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Jeff Diehl's homer paces Brooklyn Cyclones - Mets Blog - ESPN
Jeff Diehl's two-run homer in the fourth opened a 3-0 lead. An inning later, Hengelbert Rojas doubled and scored on Manuel Hilario's RBI ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
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Jeff Banister says Shin-Soo Choo's omission from Rangers lineup …
Texas Rangers' Shin-Soo Choo, left, is congratulated by manager Jeff Banister, right, after his game winning single scoring Leonys Martin ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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Should we be concerned about Blue Jays' prospect Jeff Hoffman …
Last week, Fangraphs posted a video on Youtube of Jays' prospect Jeff Hoffman, who is making his pro debut in High-A. The first half filmed ... «Minor League Ball, Jul 15»
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A Spurs farewell to Jeff Ayres and Aron Baynes - Pounding The Rock
The Spurs have followed through on Gregg Popovich's pledge to re-tool the roster. That means some Spurs are now former Spurs. Let's take a ... «Pounding The Rock, Jul 15»
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With Astros is contention, Jeff Luhnow keeping a close eye on trade …
Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow continues to monitor the trade market as a potential buyer for the first time during his tenure in Houston. «Chron.com, Jul 15»
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Lionsgate's Jeff Bauman movie draws 'Pineapple Express' director …
David Gordon Green has come on board to direct Lionsgate's "Stronger," the story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman , who lost ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»

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