language.

1. 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

2. Noun

   (language) communication by word of mouth

   his speech was garbled

   he uttered harsh language

   he recorded the spoken language of the streets

3. Noun

   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

4. Noun

   the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication

   he didn't have the language to express his feelings

5. Noun

   the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

   language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals

6. Noun

   a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

   legal terminology

   biological nomenclature

   the language of sociology

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1. Nouncountable

   A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

2. Noununcountable

   The ability to communicate using words.

3. Noununcountable

   A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.

4. Noununcountable

   The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.

5. Nouncountablefigurativelyuncountable

   The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.

6. Nouncountableuncountable

   A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.

7. Nouncountable

   A computer language; a machine language.

8. Noununcountable

   A manner of expression.

9. Noununcountable

   The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.

10. Nouneuphemisticuncountable

    Profanity.

11. Verbnonstandardrare

    To communicate by language; to express in language.

12. Interjection

    An admonishment said in response to someone using vulgar language during a conversation.

13. Noun

    A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

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