ASL

ASL

See also: a/s/l and asl

English

Proper noun

ASL

  1. Initialism of American Sign Language.
    Hypernyms: sign language < language
    Coordinate terms: HSL, JSL, see others
    • 2018 July 13, Shoshi Parks, “How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language”, in Atlas Obscura[1], archived from the original on 29 March 2025:
      Whereas American Sign Language could have extended into Nicaragua by the 1980s, as it did in neighboring Costa Rica where it combined with a locally developed sign language in the 1960s, Nicaragua’s geo-political isolation prevented ASL from entering the country, notes Shepard-Kegl.
  2. Initialism of Advanced Squad Leader.
  3. (software, copyright law) Initialism of Apache Software License.

Hyponyms

  • (American Sign Language): BASL

Phrase

ASL

  1. Alternative form of asl (age, sex, location).

Adjective

ASL (comparative more ASL, superlative most ASL)

  1. Initialism of above sea level.

Noun

ASL (plural ASLs)

  1. (programming) Initialism of arithmetic shift left, a type of bitwise operation.
  2. (road transport) Initialism of advanced stop line

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