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language meaning

EN[ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]
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WLanguage
  • Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication,
  • Questions concerning the philosophy of language, such as whether words can represent experience,
  • Estimates of the number of languages in the world vary between 5,000 and 7,000.
language
  • NounPLlanguagesSUF-age
    1. NC 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.
      1. The English language and the German language are related. ‎
      2. Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL. ‎
    2. NU The ability to communicate using words.
      1. the gift of language ‎
    3. NU The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.
      1. legal language;   the language of chemistry ‎
    4. NC NU The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.
      1. body language;   the language of the eyes ‎
    5. NC NU A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
      1. (computing) NC A computer language; a machine language.
        1. NU Manner of expression.
          1. NU The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
            1. The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation. ‎
            2. The language he used to talk to me was obscene. ‎
          2. NU Profanity.
            1. "Where the hell is Horace?" ¶ "There he is. He's coming. You shouldn't use language."
          3. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
          4. VerbSGlanguagesPRlanguagingPT, PPlanguaged
            1. (rare, now nonstandard) To communicate by language; to express in language.
            2. More Examples
              1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                • If you ever use that kind of language in front of my girlfriend again, I am going to beat the stuffing out of you.
                • In course of time this mixed language becomes again standardized and the colloquializing process is repeated.
                • People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job.
              2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                • Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went".
              3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                • Based on the representation of WPGs, an effective algorithm for determining the new reconstructibility of BCNs is designed with the help of the theories of finite automata and formal languages.
                • Manx is the linguonym of the Isle of Man's native language.
                • The most well-documented case of xenoglossy, however, concerned Swiss Medium Hélène Smith (1861-1929), who falsely claimed to speak the Martian language.

            Meaning of language for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "language" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb.
            • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
              1. Nouns
                • Countable nouns
                  • Singularia tantum
                    • Uncountable nouns
                  • Verbs
                  Difficultness: Level 1
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                  Definiteness: Level 9
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