LANGUAGE
\lˈaŋɡwɪd͡ʒ], \lˈaŋɡwɪdʒ], \l_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_w_ɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of LANGUAGE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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communication by word of mouth; "his speech was slurred"; "the telephone greatly increased the range of speech communication"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
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the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
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the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
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a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology"
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the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
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the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
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the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
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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"
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a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology"
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the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
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(language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
By Princeton University
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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.
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The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
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The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
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The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
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The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
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The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
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The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
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A race, as distinguished by its speech.
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To communicate by language; to express in language.
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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.
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The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
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The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
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The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
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The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
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The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
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The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
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A race, as distinguished by its speech.
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To communicate by language; to express in language.
By Noah Webster.
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Human speech, spoken or written; the speech of one nation or race as distinguished from that of another; as, the French language; style or expression peculiar to an individual, or to something written or spoken.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The expression of Ideas by words of articulate sounds; the speech or expression of ideas peculiar to a particular nation or to a particular subject; any manner of expression. Language-master, one whose profession is to teach languages.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The expression of ideas by means of words; human speech; style or manner of expression; the speech peculiar to a nation.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech, or the expression of ideas by written characters. The letter, or grammatical im- port, of a document or instrument, as distinguished from its spirit; as "the language of the statute." See Beliliug v. State, llu Ga. 754, 30 S. E. 85; Stevenson v. State, 00 Ga. 450, 10 S. E. 05; Cavau v. Brooklyn (City Ct. Brook.) 5 N. Y. Supp. 750.
By Henry Campbell Black
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lang'gw[=a]j, 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). [Fr. langage--langue--L. lingua (old form dingua), the tongue, akin to L. ling[=e]re, Gr. leichein.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Avocabulary& way of using it prevalent in one or more countries (dead l.), (transf.) method of expression (finger I., talk by conventional signs with fingers; I. of flowers, symbolic meanings attached to various kinds); words& their use; faculty of speech; person\'s style of expressing himself (bad. I., or vulg. l, oaths& abusive talk; strong l, expressing vehement feelings); professional or sectional vocabulary; literary style, wording; l. -master, teacher of (usu. mod. foreign) l. or ll. [French]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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n. [Latin] Speech; tongue; expression of ideas by words or written characters;— mode of speech or expression peculiar to a nation; dialect;— mode peculiar to an individual; diction; style;— inarticulate expression of feeling, as of the eye; or of irrational animals;— a nation, as distinguished by its speech.