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Language   /lˈæŋgwədʒ/  /lˈæŋgwɪdʒ/   Listen
Language

noun
1.
A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols.  Synonym: linguistic communication.  "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"
2.
(language) communication by word of mouth.  Synonyms: oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication.  "He uttered harsh language" , "He recorded the spoken language of the streets"
3.
The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number.  Synonyms: lyric, words.  "He wrote both words and music" , "The song uses colloquial language"
4.
The cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication.  Synonym: linguistic process.
5.
The mental faculty or power of vocal communication.  Synonym: speech.
6.
A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline.  Synonyms: nomenclature, terminology.  "Biological nomenclature" , "The language of sociology"



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"Language" Quotes from Famous Books



... thoroughly believe in it. I first introduced the bill in the shape of a request to the Committee on Education to investigate the subject; that is, as to the practicability and advisability of introducing Esperanto as an auxiliary language in the public schools. That resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules and, of course, I could not get any action in that committee, and for that reason I introduced the bill in its present ...
— Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education • Richard Bartholdt and A. Christen

... spoken in English and he replied in the same language. She was standing at the head of the stairs holding her whip lightly in her right hand. Her splendid figure was defined by the perfectly-fitting, plain habit, and she saw him look at it with a strange expression in his ...
— The Garden Of Allah • Robert Hichens

... being too much in the secret of the complaints of each house. Known to have some influence with her sister, she was continually requested, or at least receiving hints to exert it, beyond what was practicable. "I wish you could persuade Mary not to be always fancying herself ill," was Charles's language; and, in an unhappy mood, thus spoke Mary: "I do believe if Charles were to see me dying, he would not think there was anything the matter with me. I am sure, Anne, if you would, you might persuade him ...
— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... peeled the vegetables, a third sat on the table beside her, and five or six others prowled about among the pots and pans on the shelves against the wall. The air resounded with their purring, which meant that they were pleased with their new maid, but Lizina had not yet learned to understand their language, and often she did not know what they wanted her to do. However, as she was a good, kindhearted girl, she set to work to pick up the little kittens which tumbled about on the floor, she patched up quarrels, and nursed on her lap a big tabby—the oldest of the community—which ...
— The Crimson Fairy Book • Various

... trustworthy, and exhaustive treatise of the kind in the English language. Complete in two Royal Octavo volumes of OVER 600 PAGES EACH; richly illustrated with 380 CHOICE ...
— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino


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