LANGUAGE

Definition:

1. [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
   
   
2. [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
   
   
3. [noun] a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology"
   Synonyms: terminology, nomenclature
   
   
4. [noun] the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
   Synonyms: linguistic process
   
   
5. [noun] the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
   Synonyms: speech
   
   
6. [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

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