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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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Example Sentences

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Samjiyon carries potent symbolism in North Korean propaganda as it is a stone's throw away from Mount Paektu, the peninsula's highest mountain where official accounts say Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, was born.

From Barron's

The Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano called it an “epochal change.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The result is a much more somber, ruminative exploration of morality in governmental authority than the stylish violence of “Il Divo” and exploitative raunch of “Loro.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I didn't expect a town would allow this treatment of the memory and the image of a person who made Italy great around the world," Ms Mantonvani told local outlet Il Resto del Carlino.

From BBC

Biancini told Il Resto del Carlino, which nicknamed the incident "Pavarotti on Ice", that when plans for the ice rink were initially presented to him, he was assured that the Pavarotti statue would not be touched and that it was only later that he found out designers had been forced to alter their construction.

From BBC