"AL" meaning in English

See AL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} AL
  1. Abbreviation of Alabama: a state of the United States. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Alabama (extra: a state of the United States) Categories (place): Places in the United States, States of the United States
    Sense id: en-AL-en-name-iVRwf0Ue Categories (other): Abbreviations of states of the United States, Alabama, USA
  2. Abbreviation of Alagoas: a state of Brazil. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Alagoas (extra: a state of Brazil) Categories (place): Places in Brazil, States of Brazil
    Sense id: en-AL-en-name-sBCAFLVc Categories (other): Abbreviations of states of Brazil, Alagoas, Brazil
  3. (US, Canada, baseball) Initialism of American League. Tags: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: American League
    Sense id: en-AL-en-name-MyoyQ7f9 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Baseball, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 42 11 1 11 1 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 7 36 4 1 7 2 17 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 8 41 2 1 4 1 20 8 1 1 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ALCS [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], ALDS [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] Related terms: NL [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], MLB [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle]

Noun

Forms: ALs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} AL (countable and uncountable, plural ALs)
  1. Initialism of assembly language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: assembly language
    Sense id: en-AL-en-noun-qSUrmpHZ
  2. Initialism of artificial life. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: artificial life
    Sense id: en-AL-en-noun-qip63f9l
  3. Initialism of auxiliary language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: auxiliary language
    Sense id: en-AL-en-noun-lTdLFYve
  4. Initialism of annual leave. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: annual leave
    Sense id: en-AL-en-noun-J-VTOB4V
  5. Initialism of assisted living. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: assisted living
    Sense id: en-AL-en-noun-X11cLQem

Inflected forms

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