ADL
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ADL
noun ADLs
- Initialism of activities of daily living, a set of activities such as bathing, feeding, or relieving oneself. She presented the second time unable to perform her ADLs with latent and perseverative speech, thought blocking, disorganized thought processes and behavior, delusions of being poisoned, and was preoccupied with bizarre physical symptoms.
- Initialism of argument-dependent lookup, a feature of C++ in which the compiler chooses a function based on its arguments.
- Initialism of acquisition and distribution layer, the stay-dry layer of a diaper or menstrual pad that wicks liquid, particularly urine or menses, from the topsheet to the innermost absorbent core.
- Initialism of affected document list
proper noun
- Initialism of Anti-Defamation League: an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States specializing in civil rights law. The Anti-Defamation League reported a dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents in 2021 in this country, with a total of 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism reported to ADL, the highest number on record since the organization began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.
- Initialism of Animal Defense League
Talk about this word "ADL." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adl. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ADL. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adl "ADL." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adl.
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@misc{adl_2026,
title = {ADL},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adl},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}