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dl¹

noun dls

  1. Download; Alternative form of DL.

verb dls · dling · dled · DL · d/l

  1. Download; Alternative form of DL.

Opposite: ul

DL²

  • /ˌdiːˈɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

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Abbreviation.

noun DLs · D.L. · D. L. · dl · d/l · D/L

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of download

    Opposite: UL

  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of light destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of destroyer leader, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.

    Similar: DDL

  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of driver's license
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of disabled list
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of down low
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of distribution list
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of diaper lover
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of deep learning Before Transformer models, the attention mechanism was proposed as a helper for improving conventional DL models such as RNNs.
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of day letter
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of datalink

proper noun D.L. · D. L. · dl · d/l · D/L

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Delhi: a union territory of India.

verb DLs · DLing · DLed · DL'd

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of download

    Opposite: UL

  2. informal, transitive To place on the disabled list. After 7 years of being in a rot league, I have learned that "day to day" in baseballese means "at least a week, maybe more, and maybe after the week, then we may DL him."

Dl³

noun

  1. abbreviation, no plural, in street addresses Abbreviation of dale We live at 14 Oak Dl.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: deciliter, decilitre, pfc, glycolide, lactide, serine, threonine, phenylalanine, isoleucine, methionine, valine, ethionine, propranolol, owl, roter, download

verb

Opposite: ul

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APA

dl. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dl

Chicago

"dl." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dl.

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@misc{dl_2026,
  title = {dl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}