Language
- Noun
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.
- Noun
The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
- Noun
The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
- Noun
The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
- Noun
The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
- Noun
The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
- Noun
The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
- Verb
To communicate by language; to express in language.
- Noun
A race, as distinguished by its speech.
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