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Language

[ˈleɪŋɡwɪd͡ʒ]

A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

📖 Definitions of "Language"

noun
  1. 1

    A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

    "Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL."

  2. 2

    The ability to communicate using words.

    "the gift of language"

  3. 3

    A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.

    "legal language;   the language of chemistry"

  4. 4

    The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.

    "body language;   the language of the eyes"

verb
  1. 1

    To communicate by language; to express in language.

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