noun🔗ShareA body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication."Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL."languagecommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe ability to communicate using words."the gift of language"languagecommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field."legal language;  the language of chemistry"languagelinguisticscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does."body language;  the language of the eyes"languagecommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate."Bees use a variety of dances as languages to tell other bees where to find food. "languagecommunicationanimalplantlinguisticssignnaturebiologywordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA computer language; a machine language."Many different languages are used to program computers, such as Python, Java, and C++. "computinglanguagetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareManner of expression."Her choice of bright colors and bold brushstrokes in her paintings were languages of joy and freedom. "languagecommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe particular words used in a speech or a passage of text."The language he used to talk to me was obscene."languagewordlinguisticscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareProfanity."The teacher warned the students that using languages during class would result in detention. "curselanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo communicate by language; to express in language."The diplomat skillfully languages her country's position to the foreign dignitaries. "languagecommunicationlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ."The organ builder carefully adjusted the languages inside the flue pipes to fine-tune the instrument's sound. "organmusicparttechnicalsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading