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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The ability to communicate using words. Examples : "the gift of language" language communication linguistics 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 communication 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 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 : "Bees use a variety of dances as languages to tell other bees where to find food. " language communication animal plant linguistics sign nature biology word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A computer language; a machine language. Examples : "Many different languages are used to program computers, such as Python, Java, and C++. " computing language technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Manner of expression. Examples : "Her choice of bright colors and bold brushstrokes in her paintings were languages of joy and freedom. " language communication linguistics 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 word linguistics communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Profanity. Examples : "The teacher warned the students that using languages during class would result in detention. " curse language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To communicate by language; to express in language. Examples : "The diplomat skillfully languages her country's position to the foreign dignitaries. " language communication linguistics word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ. Examples : "The organ builder carefully adjusted the languages inside the flue pipes to fine-tune the instrument's sound. " organ music part technical sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
