noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL." language communication linguistics grammar writing word essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The ability to communicate using words. Examples : "the gift of language" language communication linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field. Examples : "legal language; the language of chemistry" language linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does. Examples : "body language; the language of the eyes" language communication linguistics writing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate. Examples : "The chimpanzees have a complex language system, using different calls and gestures to communicate with each other. " language communication linguistics animal plant essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A computer language; a machine language. Examples : "The computer program uses a special language to communicate with the hardware. " computing language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Manner of expression. Examples : "My sister uses a very formal language when she talks to her teachers. " language linguistics communication essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text. Examples : "The language he used to talk to me was obscene." language grammar linguistics writing communication word essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Profanity. Examples : "My brother used a lot of bad language during the argument. " language curse word essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To communicate by language; to express in language. Examples : "The students are learning to language their feelings about the difficult math problems. " language communication linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ. Examples : "The organist carefully adjusted the language to fine-tune the sound of the pipe organ. " organ music part sound essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading