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    ASL
    abbreviation
    (used in digital communications) age, sex, location. Also asl
  • asl
    asl
    abbreviation
    above sea level
Synonyms

ASL

American  

abbreviation

  1. (used in digital communications) age, sex, location. Also asl

  2. American Shuffleboard League.

  3. American Sign Language.

  4. American Soccer League.


asl 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. above sea level

  2. age, sex, and location

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ASL 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. American Sign Language See Ameslan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Usage

What else does asl mean? Asl is an internet abbreviation for age, sex, and location, usually asked as a question in romantic or sexual contexts online. It’s also used as internet slang for the intensifying expression “as hell.”How is asl pronounced?[ ey-es-el ]What are some other forms of asl?a/s/lASLaslpWhat are some other words related to asl?wydhmuaf

Example Sentences

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Unlike spoken-language interpreters, ASL interpreters speak concurrently with their client’s signing, creating unique challenges.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

Both her husband and their biological child are hearing and fluent in ASL.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

There has been an almost eightfold increase in pupils recorded as receiving ASL since legislation was introduced in 2004.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2025

The suit asks the court to reinstate ASL interpretation at all White House briefings and require that interpreters be visibly displayed in any video feeds broadcast or streamed to the public.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2025

“Well, I guess ASL did get us out of that jam at Tano’s temple.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

He will stress strong leadership, talent and integrity, a positive working environment to inspire learning as well asl a comprehensive structure and function, he said.

From US News Jan. 15, 2016

Item, so are asl, and aul: Item, so are lui, and lri.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

They only conclude that you are not an asl, or born, saheb, and rejoice that at any rate you cannot take away their right to do obeisance to you. 

From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton

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