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lan·guage
 language
- pronunciation:
- laeng
gwihj
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the organized system of written symbols and vocal sounds with which humans communicate thoughts, ideas, or emotions.
- similar words:
- communication, vocabulary
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| definition 2: |
a particular such system whereby people of the same nationality, region, or culture communicate with one another.
the English language- synonyms:
- mother tongue, tongue, vernacular
- similar words:
- dialect, idiom, lingo, patois, speech
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| definition 3: |
a nonverbal means of communication such as gesture or mathematical symbols; any means of communication.
- synonyms:
- communication
- similar words:
- code, gesture, intercourse, speech
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| definition 4: |
the means by which animals communicate with one another.
- synonyms:
- communication
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| definition 5: |
a style of writing or speaking.
His language is vivid and fresh.- synonyms:
- locution, style
- similar words:
- diction, expression, parlance, rhetoric, talk, tongue
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| related words: |
cant |
Language comes from lingua, a Latin word that means "the tongue."
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broader category including language |
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communication, culture |
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expressed through language |
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emotion, feeling, idea, knowledge, thought |
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similar to language |
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speech, tongue |
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some actions involving language |
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babble, chatter, communicate, decipher, decode, gesture, gossip, interpret, mumble, mutter, program, sign, speak, swear, taunt, translate |
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some body parts that produce language |
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larynx, lips, lungs, mouth, nose, throat, tongue, vocal cords |
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some examples of language |
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American English, Apache, Arabic, BASIC, Cajun, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Middle English, Mongol, Norwegian, Old English, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa |
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some forms of language |
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formal, informal, spoken, written |
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some kinds of written language |
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alphabet, code, hieroglyphic, shorthand |
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some parts of language |
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accent, consonant, dialect, figure of speech, gesture, grammar, idiom, jargon, pronunciation, sign, slang, sound, vocabulary, vowel, word |
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some people associated with language |
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speaker, translator |
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