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il-

1 American  
  1. variant of in- (by assimilation) before l: illation.


il- 2 American  
  1. variant of in- (by assimilation) before l: illogical.


Il 3 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. illinium.


IL 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Illinois (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. Baseball. injured list.

    Players testing positive for the virus will be put on a specially designated IL, but details of their medical condition will not be disclosed.


-il 5 American  
  1. variant of -ile.

    civil.


il. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. illustrated.

  2. illustration.


IL 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Illinois

  2. Israel (international car registration)

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il 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Israel

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il- 3 British  

prefix

  1. variant of in- 1 in- 2

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Current leader Kim Jong Un is the third in line to rule in the world's only communist monarchy, following father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung.

From Barron's

He was planning to publish a book before being blocked, and spoke at Il Festival dello Sport - an event in Italy organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper - without the club's permission.

From BBC

He had planned to publish a book - blocked by the club - and spoke at Il Festival dello Sport in Trento, Italy, without Chelsea's permission, at an event organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.

From BBC

The three factors delivered were DLL1, FLT-3, and IL-7.

From Science Daily

Il Est Francais, who finished second to Banbridge last year, led for most of the race before The Jukebox Man moved to the front before the final bend.

From BBC