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   lan·guage

   /ˈlaNGɡwij/

   noun

   • 1. the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture: "a study of the way children learn language"
   • ▪ a nonverbal method of expression or communication: "a language of gesture and facial expression" Similar speechwritingcommunicationverbal expressionverbalizationvocalizationconversationspeakingtalkingwordsutterancevocabularyarticulationenunciationpronunciationtalkdiscourseinterchangeintercourseinteractionarchaic:converse
   • 2. a system of communication used by a particular country or community: "the book was translated into twenty-five languages" Similar tonguespeechmother tonguenative tonguedialectvernacularbhashainformal:lingo
   • ▪ a system of symbols and rules for writing programs or algorithms: "a new programming language"
   • 3. the style of a piece of writing or speech: "he explained the procedure in simple, everyday language"
   • ▪ the phraseology and vocabulary of a particular profession, domain, or group: "legal language" Similar wordingdictionphrasingphraseologystylevocabularyterminologyexpressionsturns of phraseparlancemanner of writing/speakingway of talkingform/mode of expressionusageslocutionsidiolectchoice of wordsrhetoricoratoryspeechdialectvernacularregionalismsprovincialismslocalismspatoislingua francaslangidiomscolloquialismsjargonargotbarbarismsvulgarismscantnewspeakpidgin EnglishCreoleinformal:lingolegalesejournalesetechnospeakgeekspeakgobbledygook
   • ▪ coarse or offensive language.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French langage, based on Latin lingua ‘tongue’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   language. noun. lan· guage ˈlaŋ-gwij. -wij. Synonyms of language. 1. a. : the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community. studied the French language. b (1) : audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs. (2)

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   noun. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word language, from a system of communication to a style of expression. Compare different dictionaries, synonyms, and examples of language in British and American English.

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   Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing.

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   Learn the meaning of language as communication between people, a type of words, or a system of instructions for computers. See translations of language in different languages and examples of usage.