language
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[ˈleɪŋɡwɪd͡ʒ]
English
Definitions
noun
- 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.“Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL.”
- The ability to communicate using words.“the gift of language”
- A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.“legal language; the language of chemistry”
- The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.“body language; the language of the eyes”
verb
- To communicate by language; to express in language.
noun
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
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Synonyms
computer languagemachine languageprogramming languagespeechnomenclatureterminologylyricwordslinguistic communicationlinguistic processoral communicationspoken languagelanguedialectwordlinguisticslinguisticlinguistically