Language
['læŋgwɪdʒ] or ['læŋɡwɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; 'language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals'.
(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'.
Typist: Wanda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
(n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
(n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
(n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
(n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
(n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
(n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
(n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.
(v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Speech, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, mother-tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, oral speech.[2]. Style, expression, phraseology, diction, form of expression.
Editor: Wilma
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Speech, talk, conversation, dialect, discourse, tongue, diction, phraseology,articulation, accents, vernacular, expression
ANT:Jargon, jabber, gibberish, babel, gabble, cry, whine, bark, howl, roar, &c,obmutescence, dumbness, muteness, inarticulateness, speechless_ness
Typist: Psyche
Definition
n. that which is spoken by the tongue: human speech: speech peculiar to a nation: style or expression peculiar to an individual: diction: any manner of expressing thought.—v.t. to express in language.—adjs. Lang′uaged skilled in language; Lang′uageless (Shak.) speechless silent; Lang′ued (her.) furnished with a tongue.—Dead language one no longer spoken as opp. to Living language one still spoken; Flash language (see Flash).
Edited by Henry
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
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Examples
- There was an absence of all lady-like restraint in her language and manner most painful to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In translating him into the language of modern thought, we might insensibly lose the spirit of ancient philosophy. Plato. The Republic.
- To grow rich is to get money; and wealth and money, in short, are, in common language, considered as in every respect synonymous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The foreign language, the limited time, the public display. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Such were the Phrygians, a people whose language was almost as close to that of the Greeks as the Macedonian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Language is always grossly inadequate. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Whether truth--be it religious or moral truth--speak eloquently and in well-chosen language or not, its voice should be heard with reverence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A certain great traveller, who understood the Indians and their language, had figured in Mr. Seegrave's report, hadn't he? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The mind acquires through language a field of activity independent of the objective world. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I don't speak your language, she retorted petulantly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- They both execrated the place in very strong language, and gradually growled themselves out, and had nothing left to say. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We know nothing of the language of Pal?olithic man; we do not even know whether Pal?olithic man talked freely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To be sure, language itself may be regarded as image ry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is a curious fact that in the Edison family the pronunciation of the name has always been with the long e sound, as it would naturally be in the Dutch language. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Many treatises in different languages have been published on pigeons, and some of them are very important, as being of considerable antiquity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The young woman was very improvable, and spoke the languages; and wouldn't have been known for the same country-person. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is well known that Indians are of different tribes, nations, and languages, as well as the white people. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Typewriters for short hand characters, and for foreign languages, and for printing on record and blank books, are also among the modern developments of this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It may be worth while to illustrate this view of classification, by taking the case of languages. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Franklin's letters have been translated into most of the European languages and into Latin. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is not a question of gaining a social advantage by a s mattering of foreign languages. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The southeastern fringe of it spoke French dialects; the bulk, Frisian, Dutch, and other Low German languages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now, Lina, I've had my lesson both in languages and ethics, with a touch on politics; it is your turn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The students of languages (philologists) tell us that they are unable to trace with certainty any common features in all the languages of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The preservation of languages by exact reproduction of the manner of pronouncing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They talked in a mixture of languages. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I had begun in 1733 to study languages; I soon made myself so much master of the French as to be able to read the books in that language with ease. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Never before was such a collection of the languages of the world made. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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