"ELL" meaning in English

See ELL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ELLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ELL (countable and uncountable, plural ELLs)
  1. (biochemistry) Abbreviation of RNA polymerase II elongation factor: an enzyme found in Cajal bodies. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: RNA polymerase II elongation factor (extra: an enzyme found in Cajal bodies)
    Sense id: en-ELL-en-noun-LVYOSpzu Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Biochemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (education) Initialism of English-language learner. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: English-language learner Coordinate_terms: EAL, EFL, EIL, ESL, TEFL, TESL, TESOL
    Sense id: en-ELL-en-noun-mf1LzkTW Categories (other): Education, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Topics: education

Inflected forms

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