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name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɛn ɛf ɛl/
  • Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛl
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 N EH2 F EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of National Football League.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of no free lunch, applied to various restricting theorems.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

American football.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, metonymically, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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