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ESL

American  
  1. English as a second language: the study of English by nonnative speakers in an English-speaking environment.


ESL British  

abbreviation

  1. English as a second language

"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

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When Jobs eventually met with ESL’s president, Robert Kohler, the two men hit it off, recalled Garry Fuller, who worked for ESL at the time and later joined NeXT.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Publicly, NeXT said it had a contract with the federal government as part of a partnership with ESL.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Transfers are huge, but ESL and now this go to the very heart of what makes football the game it is and the structures that underpin it.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Councillor Wazma Qais said it was hoped ESL One would "bring in thousands of people" and boost local businesses.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2024

For two years, I tried to get Baba to enroll in ESL classes to improve his broken English.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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