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object language

noun

Meaning

  1. A language or a part of a language that is used to speak about objects but not about sentences or propositions.
  2. The language of the headwords in a dictionary (in a French-to-English translation dictionary, French is the object language)
  3. Target language; the language of the object code, the output of a compiler (not necessarily executable machine code)

Etymology / origin

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Related words

target language(English)ordinary language philosophy(English)language game(English)illocution(English)langue(English)private language problem(English)microlinguistics(English)lexical semantics(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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