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- pronunciation:
- laeng
gwihj
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the system of spoken or written words with which people communicate thoughts, ideas, or feelings.
Language is a way of sharing our ideas with one another.- similar words:
- communication, vocabulary
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| definition 2: |
a particular system used by people of the same nation, region, or group to communicate with one another.
The English language is hard for some people to learn.- synonyms:
- tongue
- similar words:
- dialect, idiom, speech
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| definition 3: |
a way to communicate without using words.
Her body language says she is tired.- synonyms:
- communication
- similar words:
- code, gesture, speech
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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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Apache, Arabic, BASIC, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hausa, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Navajo, Norwegian, Pilipino, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa |
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some forms of language |
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formal, informal, slang, 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, vocabulary, vowel, word |
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some people associated with language |
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listener, speaker, translator |
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