et al

adverb

1. and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people)

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the data reported by Smith et al.

• Syn: ↑et al., ↑et alii, ↑et aliae, ↑et alia

2. and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text)

• Syn: ↑et al., ↑et alibi

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\(ˈ)ed.|]al, (ˈ)e|t], -]ȯl, -]äl\ abbreviation

1. [Latin et alibi] and elsewhere

2. [Latin et alii (masculine plural), et aliae (feminine plural), or et alia (neuter plural)] and others

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abbrev

1. Et alibi (Latin), and elsewhere

2. Et alii, aliae or alia (Latin), and other (people or things)

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et al UK [et ˈæl] US abbreviation

used after a name to mean ‘and other people whose names are not mentioned’, especially people who have written a book together

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