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.

Inputed by Hilary

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.

Inputed by Claude

Examples

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