al
noun
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al-variant of ad- before l: allure.
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-ala suffix with the general sense “of the kind of, pertaining to, having the form or character of” that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from Latin (autumnal; natural; pastoral ), and productive in English on the Latin model, usually with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal ). Originally, -al1 was restricted to stems not containing an -l- (cf. -ar); recent lapses in this rule have produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial.
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Al-a word in Arabic names meaning “family” or “the house of ”.
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al.abbreviationother things.
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AL.
AL.abbreviationAnglo-Latin.
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a.l.
a.l.abbreviationautograph letter.
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A.L.
A.L.abbreviationAmerican League.
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American
Symbol, Chemistry.
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Baseball. American League.
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American Legion.
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Anglo-Latin.
AL
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Alabama
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Anglo-Latin
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(in the US and Canada) American League (of baseball teams)
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Albania (international car registration)
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indicating an aldehyde
ethanal
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indicating a pharmaceutical product
phenobarbital
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Etymology
Origin of al1
From the Hindi word āl
Origin of -al6
< Latin ālis, -āle; often replacing Middle English -el < Old French
Origin of -al7
< Latin -āle (singular), -ālia (plural), nominalized neuter of -ālis -al 1; often replacing Middle English -aille < Old French < Latin -ālia
Origin of -al8
Presumed to be short for aldehyde
Origin of Al-9
From the Arabic word āl family
Origin of al.10
From the Latin word alia
Origin of al.11
From the Latin word aliī
Example Sentences
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Saudi Arabia had diverted its oil exports to its Red Sea ports and out the Bab al Mandeb, dispatching some 4.5 million barrels via that route per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
BBC sports editor Dan Roan confronted Mohammad al Kamali, the chair of Fifa's disciplinary committee, as he arrived for England's quarter-final against Norway on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The findings were published in Physical Review Letters in a paper titled "Resonant magnetophonon emission by supersonic electrons in ultrahigh-mobility two-dimensional systems," by Michael Hilke et al.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
It marks the first formal disclosure of a secret $500 million deal that Eric Trump signed with a group of investors led by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan, a United Arab Emirates royal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Ma’am, I m making inquiries al >out the late Shotgun Cheatham.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
“Where is Roker?” he asked, referring to “Today” weather anchor Al Roker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
He also featured as Al Simpson on Home and Away.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
It comes from Al Bahnasa, the modern town located at the site of ancient Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
One of the tankers struck Tuesday, Al Bahyah, is a very large crude carrier controlled by a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and capable of carrying two million barrels of crude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Camel’s remark about having an appointment with Blackie suddenly makes sense—as do various comments from my first meeting with Uncle Al.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
In a crowded AL postseason field, Boston’s players were going to be among the most desirable assets on the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Adell was hitless in four at-bats, striking out twice, in the 8-2 loss that dropped the Angels to 23-39, the worst record in the AL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Ethiopian Airlines Group ordered six 787-9 jets while EL AL Israel Airlines ordered one 787-10 and five 787-9 aircraft.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
The Angels’ bullpen entered Wednesday with a 5.35 earned-run average, the highest in the AL.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Draw GR perpendicular to GK to meet the horizontal AL in R, and draw RQC′K perpendicular to the axis Gz, and KC perpendicular to LG.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
It was the first such attack in Damascus since Islamist-led rebel forces overthrew Bashar al- Assad in December, ending 13 years of devastating civil war.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
American citizen Dina al- Khatib said she and her family were desperate to get out.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
The famous philosopher al- Ghazali served in the courts of Seljuk sultans.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Gen. Sami al- Aridhi, a commander with Iraq’s counterterrorism forces.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2017
Though many of the locals still call it Fouad Street, it is now known variously as Tariq Abd el-Nasser, Tariq al- Hurriyyah, and Ishak Nadim Street.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
The names for aldehyde and ketone compounds are derived using similar nomenclature rules as for alkanes and alcohols, and include the class-identifying suffixes -al and -one, respectively:
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Umbilic, -al, um-bil′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to the navel.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Theoret′ic, -al, pertaining to theory: not practical: speculative.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Unapostolic, -al, un-ap-os-tol′ik, -al, adj. not in accordance with apostolic usage or authority.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Sermon′ic, -al, having the character of a sermon.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The former educational institute in the city of Al- Hasakah holds about 5,000 men - suspected fighters or supporters of IS.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
Explain why it does or does not support Plato’s and Al- Farabi’s position.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
MBC Group, the Middle East's largest media company, and Al- Sharq News, a newly created television news channel, have also internally discussed plans to move to Riyadh, the sources said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2021
“Our main concern should be for this drought in Ethiopia not to degenerate into a famine,” said the humanitarian envoy, Ahmed Al- Meraikhi.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2017
We even bundled up Al- haji’s old shirt and tied a rope around it to make a soccer ball.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Mr. Coffin et al. stage a colorful but uninteresting clatter of random mayhem, only occasionally interrupted by an ironic wink: “We are no longer evil,” announces Goomi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
And where Nick executives initially wanted Miranda Cosgrove et al. in runway looks, Hampton understood her audience and instead went shopping at Macy’s, Old Navy, Nautica and Nike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
"Subsecond dopamine fluctuations do not specify the vigor of ongoing actions" by Haixin Liu and Nicolas Tritsch et al., was published in Nature Neuroscience.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
To get around this awkwardness, Winthrop et al. propagated the notion—formalized in the colony’s 1629 seal—that the Native Americans needed the new settlers for their own good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
In 1993, a study by Rauscher et al. was published, which looked at the possible correlations between listening to different types of music and intelligence.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
AL. šitim, šidim = idinnu is usually written with the sign GIM, Poebel, PBS.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen
Projected videos of rushing rivers and roiling seas mix effortlessly with disparate photographs of human gender fluidity, which marks the people in A.L.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
He went into play leading A.L. rookies in homers, RBIs, runs and was tied for first place in hits.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Still, I studied Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe in graduate school back in the 1970s; remember when A.L.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
Miller would let A.L. walk her to her classes, visit her before and after school, and communicate with A.L on social media, according to the lawsuit.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022
Major George Haven Putnam in his "Memories of a Publisher" describes a famous tennis match played at Oxford years ago, when he and Pearsall Smith defeated A.L.
From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher
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