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• 'll
  'll

  a contraction of will:
• LL
  LL

  abbreviation

  Late Latin.
• ll.
  ll.

  abbreviation

  lines.
• l.l.
  l.l.

  abbreviation

  in the place quoted.

'll

¹ American  

1. a contraction of will:

   I'll answer the phone. He'll pay the check. What'll we do?

2. contraction of till 1 (used when the preceding word ends in t ).

   Wait'll your father comes home!

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LL ² American  

Or L.L.

abbreviation

1. Late Latin.

2. Low Latin.

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ll. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. lines.

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l.l. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. in the place quoted.

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l.l. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. loose-leaf.

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LL ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Late Latin

2. Low Latin

3. Lord Lieutenant

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ll. ² British  

abbreviation

1. lines (of written matter)

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Usage

See contraction.

Etymology

Origin of l.l.

From Latin locō laudātō

Example Sentences

He eventually dressed the rap icons Tupac Shakur and LL Cool J. His story deserves more ink.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He made multiple installments of “1, 2, 3, 4” by LL Cool J, in which Williams dressed in the eccentric style of former NFL quarterback Cam Newton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Maren Morris, Becky G and Zedd were on hand the first weekend along with LL Cool J, who closed out the set with an arresting medley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

For the latter, they were joined on stage by a host of A-list stars, including indie titan Beck, Icelandic songstress Laufey, country singer Maren Morris and rap icon LL Cool J.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

We became curious about the real Children’s Crusade, so O’Hare looked it up in a book he had, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay, LL.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut