language

A1
Pronunciation
[ˈleɪŋɡwɪd͡ʒ]
[ˈleɪŋɡwɪd͡ʒ]
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL.
2 Definition

The ability to communicate using words.

Example Sentences
  • the gift of language
3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • legal language;   the language of chemistry
4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • body language;   the language of the eyes
5 Definition

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

6 Definition

A computer language; a machine language.

7 Definition

Manner of expression.

8 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
9 Definition

Profanity.

10 Definition

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

Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To communicate by language; to express in language.