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Definitions for Language

[1] 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.
[2] communication by voice in the distinctively human manner, using arbitrary sounds in conventional ways with conventional meanings; speech.
[3] the system of linguistic signs or symbols considered in the abstract (opposed to speech).
[4] any set or system of such symbols as used in a more or less uniform fashion by a number of people, who are thus enabled to communicate intelligibly with one another.
[5] any system of formalized symbols, signs, sounds, gestures, or the like used or conceived as a means of communicating thought, emotion, etc.: the language of mathematics; sign language.
[6] the means of communication used by animals: the language of birds.
[7] communication of meaning in any way; medium that is expressive, significant, etc.: the language of flowers; the language of art.
[8] linguistics; the study of language.
[9] the speech or phraseology peculiar to a class, profession, etc.; lexis; jargon.
[10] a particular manner of verbal expression: flowery language.
[11] choice of words or style of writing; diction: the language of poetry.
[12] Computers . a set of characters and symbols and syntactic rules for their combination and use, by means of which a computer can be given directions: The language of many commercial application programs is COBOL.
[13] a nation or people considered in terms of their speech.
[14] Archaic . faculty or power of speech.
[15] a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc, by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols
[16] the faculty for the use of such systems, which is a distinguishing characteristic of man as compared with other animals
[17] the language of a particular nation or people the French language
[18] any other systematic or nonsystematic means of communicating, such as gesture or animal sounds the language of love
[19] the specialized vocabulary used by a particular group medical language
[20] a particular manner or style of verbal expression your language is disgusting
[21] computing See programming language
[22] speak the same language to communicate with understanding because of common background, values, etc

Words related to Language

sound, dialect, style, jargon, word, vocabulary, accent, speech, prose, voice, expression, terminology, wording, patois, lexicon, communication, cant, interchange, diction, idiom

Words nearby Language

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Origin of Language

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, variant spelling of langage, derivative of langue tongue. See lingua, -age

Other words from Language

pre·lan·guage , adjective

Word origin for Language

C13: from Old French langage, ultimately from Latin lingua tongue

Synonyms for Language

accent, dialect, expression, jargon, prose, sound, speech, style, terminology, vocabulary, voice, word, wording, argot, articulation, brogue, cant, communication, conversation, diction, dictionary, discourse, doublespeak, gibberish, idiom, interchange, lexicon, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, signal, slang, talk, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocalization, lingua franca