Meanings
- abbreviationinitialismUNInitialism of International Monetary Fund.
Your turn, your turn / It's just business, cattle prods and the IMF
1997, “Electioneering”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead3 more examples
Now I tried to make amends, small talk, but he was busy with a huge sheaf of papers, on which I spotted graphs I couldn’t follow, sets of statistics from the IMF.
2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, pages 194–195The prospects for the global economy as outlined by the IMF are the third weakest since 2001, behind only the 2008 financial crisis and the worst phase of the coronavirus pandemic. Global growth has fallen below 2% just five times since 1970.
2022 October 11, Julia Horowitz, “‘The worst is yet to come’: IMF issues stark recession warning”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025The OECD expects inflation to remain above 9% this year among advanced economies. It’s then forecast to fall back to 6.6% in 2023, slightly above levels forecast by the IMF.
2022 November 22, Hanna Ziady, “If the world avoids a recession, it’ll have India and China to thank”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 08 May 2025 - abbreviationinitialismfictionInitialism of Impossible Mission Force, a fictional spy organization from the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Since 1996 and over six installments, special IMF (The Impossible Missions Force) agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has been spectacularly ‘figuring things right in the face of danger, often without a plan.
2018, Deborah Cornelious, “‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’ review: mission successful”, in The Hindu, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan FMI
- FMIInternational Monetary Fund
Czech MMF
- MMFInternational Monetary Fund
Dutch IMF
- IMFInternational Monetary Fund
French FMI
- FMIInternational Monetary Fund
German IWF
- IWFInternational Monetary Fund
Greek ΔΝΤ
- ΔΝΤ (DNT)International Monetary Fund
Italian FMI
- FMIInternational Monetary Fund
Lithuanian TVF
- TVFInternational Monetary Fund
Polish MFW
- MFWInternational Monetary Fund
Portuguese FMI
- FMIInternational Monetary Fund
Romanian FMI
- FMIInternational Monetary Fund
Russian МВФ
- МВФ (MVF)International Monetary Fund
Spanish FMI
- FMIInternational Monetary Fund
Swedish IMF, IVF
- IMFInternational Monetary Fund
- IVFInternational Monetary Fund
Cite this entry
IMF. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IMF
“IMF.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IMF. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “IMF,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IMF.
Source: IMF on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.