"WL" meaning in English

See WL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} WL (not comparable)
  1. (sports) Initialism of world-leading, describing the best athletic performance in the world in a given year. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: world-leading, describing the best athletic performance in the world in a given year
    Sense id: en-WL-en-adj-6AWrrtCA Categories (other): Sports, Coins Disambiguation of Coins: 30 19 20 31 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

Forms: WLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} WL (plural WLs)
  1. (travel) Initialism of waitlist. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: waitlist
    Sense id: en-WL-en-noun-bWPKGWsw Categories (other): Travel, Coins Disambiguation of Coins: 30 19 20 31 Topics: lifestyle, tourism, transport, travel
  2. (numismatic slang) Initialism of Walking Liberty. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Walking Liberty
    Sense id: en-WL-en-noun-iLafwGhi Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Coins, United States Disambiguation of Coins: 30 19 20 31 Disambiguation of United States: 21 22 36 21
  3. (Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of wikilink. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: wikilink
    Sense id: en-WL-en-noun-BP~bHsoD Categories (other): Wikimedia, Coins Disambiguation of Coins: 30 19 20 31

Inflected forms

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