Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation age/sex/location
- abbreviation American Sign Language
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
american sign language , the sign language used in the US.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism
American Sign Language - initialism Age, Sex, Location (same as
asl ) - initialism Above
Sea Level - initialism Advanced Squad Leader
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sign language used in the United States
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Examples
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 But the quiz also slipped in one that was new to me, the acronym ASL age, sex, location that is an obvious red flag the sender has bad intentions.
Kristin Maschka: Smart Girl's Guide to the Internet Kristin Maschka 2011
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But the quiz also slipped in one that was new to me, the acronym ASL age, sex, location that is an obvious red flag the sender has bad intentions.
Kristin Maschka: Smart Girl's Guide to the Internet Kristin Maschka 2011
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But the quiz also slipped in one that was new to me, the acronym ASL age, sex, location that is an obvious red flag the sender has bad intentions.
Kristin Maschka: Smart Girl's Guide to the Internet Kristin Maschka 2011
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 But the quiz also slipped in one that was new to me, the acronym ASL age, sex, location that is an obvious red flag the sender has bad intentions.
Kristin Maschka: Smart Girl's Guide to the Internet Kristin Maschka 2011
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"Last year, I even read stories in ASL (American Sign Language) to her second-grade class."
Deaf, Unemployed Father Spends His Free Time Volunteering The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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"Last year, I even read stories in ASL (American Sign Language) to her second-grade class."
Deaf, Unemployed Father Spends His Free Time Volunteering Laura Bassett 2010
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A Deaf American will actually have an easier time understanding a Deaf Frenchman: ASL is historically descended from French Sign Language.
A discussion with Margalit Fox about Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind 2010
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"Last year, I even read stories in ASL (American Sign Language) to her second-grade class."
Deaf, Unemployed Father Spends His Free Time Volunteering The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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And I made a card and button of "I Love You" in ASL using a photo of my hand holding a heart.
MY KNEES (PART TWO -- SURGERY AND REHAB) Maggie Jochild 2007
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Somewhere along the way I decided to do cards in ASL so I teamed up with a Deaf Dyke artist and we produced a series of cards with a Deaf actress, whose name I forget, but will look up.
MY KNEES (PART TWO -- SURGERY AND REHAB) Maggie Jochild 2007
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