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FAA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does FAA mean?
• FAA (noun)
The noun FAA has 1 sense:
1. an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
Familiarity information: FAA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
FAA; Federal Aviation Administration
Hypernyms ("FAA" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("FAA" is a part of...):
Department of Transportation; DoT; Transportation (the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966)
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