[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/raf.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / raf

[← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/R/)

# raf

«raf» in Mova's school dictionary: **The RAF: the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (abbreviation: RAF — the Royal Air Force)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (abbreviation) The RAF: the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, founded in 1918. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/#m1)

2) (Australia, NZ, Canada) RAAF, RNZAF and RCAF are the Royal Australian, New Zealand and Canadian Air Forces, named in the same way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons the RAF is famous for the Battle of Britain in 1940; in everyday life it appears at air shows (the Red Arrows) and in careers talks. Phrases: «in the RAF», «RAF pilot», «RAF base», «the Red Arrows of the RAF».

### examples

- My great-grandad flew Spitfires in the RAF. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/#x1)
- The RAF won the Battle of Britain in 1940. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/#x2)
- The Red Arrows are the RAF's display team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/#x3)
- There is an RAF base near our town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/#x4)
- She joined the RAF as an engineer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/#x5)
- Winston Churchill praised the RAF pilots as «the few». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/#x6)

### note

Written in capitals: RAF. Said as letters (R-A-F) or sometimes as one word «raff». Use «the»: the RAF. It is an abbreviation, not an ordinary word. Founded on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «raf» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raf/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.