languages

/ˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒɪz/ · noun

Meaning

A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
The ability to communicate using words.
A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
A computer language; a machine language.
To communicate by language; to express in language.
A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

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