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ESL

ESL noun: english as a foreign language. Also the initialism of extended shelf life.

Noun

ESL (plural ESLs)

  1. (broadly, uncountable, strictly) English as a foreign language.
    Synonyms:
    EFL, EAL
  2. (broadly, countable, strictly) A learner, speaker, etc. of English as a second or foreign language.

Adjective

ESL (not comparable)

  1. Learning English as a second or foreign language.

Also used as

ESL is also the initialism of extended shelf life.

ESL is also the initialism of East St. Louis.

Synonyms of ESL

Forms of ESL

pluralESLs

Questions about ESL

What does ESL mean?
ESL means english as a foreign language.
What part of speech is ESL?
ESL can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of ESL?
The plural of ESL is ESLs.

Words near ESL in the dictionary

  1. Eskridge
  2. Eskridges
  3. eskrima
  4. Eskuara
  5. esky
  6. ESL
  7. Eslam
  8. Eslamshahr
  9. Eslava
  10. Eslavas
  11. Esler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ESL (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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