LANGUAGE
Definition:
- [noun] a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
Synonyms: linguistic communication
- [noun] (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
Synonyms: speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken voice communication, oral communication
- [noun] a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology"
Synonyms: terminology, nomenclature
- [noun] the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
Synonyms: linguistic process
- [noun] the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
Synonyms: speech
- [noun] the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
Synonyms: lyric, words
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Related Words:
- dead language
- words
- source language
- object language, target language
- sign language, signing
- artificial language
- metalanguage
- native language
- natural language, tongue
- lingua franca, interlanguage, koine
- string of words, word string, linguistic string
- barrage, outpouring, onslaught
- slanguage
- words
- pronunciation, orthoepy
- conversation
- discussion, give-and-take, word
- saying, expression, locution
- non-standard speech
- idiolect
- monologue
- spell, magic spell, charm
- dictation
- soliloquy, monologue
- markup language
- toponymy, toponomy
- reading
- love lyric
