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- pronunciation:
- laeng
gwihj
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
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definition 1: |
the organized system of written symbols and vocal sounds with which humans communicate thoughts, ideas, or emotions.
It surprises adults that children can learn language so quickly.- 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.
Much of the academic vocabulary of the English language derives from Latin.- 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, especially with respect to the particular type of words chosen.
The young poet's language is vivid and powerful.The boy's mother scolded him for using profane language.- synonyms:
- locution, style
- similar words:
- diction, expression, parlance, rhetoric, talk, tongue
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related words: |
cant |
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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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