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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.abbreviationAnglo-Latin.
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a.l.abbreviationautograph letter.
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A.L.
A.L.abbreviationAmerican League.
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Symbol, Chemistry.
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Baseball. American League.
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American Legion.
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Anglo-Latin.
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Alabama
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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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Any time Al-Drimly heard of attacks in nearby Khan Yunis or Deir al Balah, he would go to check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
In May 2011, word came that Osama bin Laden, the al Qaeda leader behind the 9/11 attacks, had been killed and buried at sea after a U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Former UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein described him as "the epitome of evil".
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ahmed al Madhoun looked like a man who, despite the hardship, loved life.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Which means ghosts are not al all what I imagined them to be.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
Al is living a very sane, quiet life in the Northeast now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
They retrieved the bodies of Nadhira Al Harthy, the first Omani woman to climb Everest, and Pur Bahadur Gurung, a Nepalese climber who had summited 12 of the world's 14 highest peaks.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Berlin rolled out the red carpet for Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who was received with military honours by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and was later to meet Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Al suggests another possible outcome: “We can all end up in a ditch out in the Mojave.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Marlena?” says Uncle Al from just behind the tent flap.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Still, the Brewers or Rays almost certainly could have landed Skubal, the two-time reigning AL Cy Young recipient and an impending free agent this winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
If the playoffs opened today, an AL team with a losing record would be included.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 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
His shop I found completely AL FRESCO, between a couple of cows in the centre of a farm-yard, and here he set to work at a walnut cup, which he turned out creditably enough.
From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by William Henry Knight
I went there a lot in 2015, to negotiate the terms of an interview with Bashar al- Assad.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
This illustration from al-Biruni’s fourteenth-century history called al-Athar al- Baqiyah depicts the prophet Abraham destroying idols that were being worshipped instead of the one God.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Prime Minister Mustafa al- Kadhimi came to office last year promising early elections after mass protests ousted his predecessor, Adel Abdul Mahdi, in 2019.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2021
He has openly worried about the potential return of al- Qaida and instability in Afghanistan and criticized the deal then-U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
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
Trop′ic, -al, pertaining to the tropics: being within or near the tropics.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Tyran′nic, -al, Tyr′annous, pertaining to or suiting a tyrant: unjustly severe: imperious: despotic.—advs.
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
Theat′ric, -al, relating or suitable to a theatre, or to actors: pompous: artificial, affected.—v.t. and v.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Power often rested in the hands of local governors, who exploited regional tensions or weaknesses to establish their own dynasties and even their own rival caliphates, as in Al- Andalus.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
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
Al- Tarhouni said he is in Qatar seeking funding and that the rebels’ council is in preliminary talks with various unidentified parties about support.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 16, 2011
I put my clothes on and came into the waiting area where Esther, Leslie, and Al- haji sat.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Mr. Amodei et al. would do themselves and the country a service by explaining that commonplace principle to Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
Jenny Lindt would be at the Spurlock building speaking with Hari et al. about their stupid winning idea.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
AL. šitim, šidim = idinnu is usually written with the sign GIM, Poebel, PBS.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon
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
McClinton, 59, and Devon Guion, 38, both lived at A.L.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023
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
The book’s title references an Atlantic magazine article in which Winkler hypothesized that Emilia Bassano Lanier — hitherto best known as A.L.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
The discussion ended in a motion by the Hon. A.L.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
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