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language noun 1 any formalized system of communication, especially one that uses sounds or written symbols which the majority of a particular community will readily understand. 2 the speech and writing of a particular nation or social group. 3 the faculty of speech. 4 a specified style of speech or verbal expression • elegant language. 5 any other way of communicating or expressing meaning • sign language. 6 professional or specialized vocabulary • legal language. 7 a system of signs and symbols used to write computer programs. See also low-level language, high-level language. bad language words that some people might consider rude or offensive. dead language a language, eg Sanskrit, Latin or classical Greek, that is no longer passed on from one generation to another as a mother tongue and which has therefore become fossilized. first language or native language 1 the language that someone learns as a child, usually from a parent or parents. 2 the language that someone in a multilingual community chooses to use in preference to other language options. See also mother tongue. second or third, etc language language that is learned subsequent to the mother tongue • Polish was his first language, French was his second language and English his third. speak the same language to think in similar ways or share the same kind of tastes.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French langage.

language noun 1 any formalized system of communication, especially one that uses sounds or written symbols which the majority of a particular community will readily understand. 2 the speech and writing of a particular nation or social group. 3 the faculty of speech. 4 a specified style of speech or verbal expression • elegant language. 5 any other way of communicating or expressing meaning • sign language. 6 professional or specialized vocabulary • legal language. 7 a system of signs and symbols used to write computer programs. See also low-level language, high-level language. bad language words that some people might consider rude or offensive. dead language a language, eg Sanskrit, Latin or classical Greek, that is no longer passed on from one generation to another as a mother tongue and which has therefore become fossilized. first language or native language 1 the language that someone learns as a child, usually from a parent or parents. 2 the language that someone in a multilingual community chooses to use in preference to other language options. See also mother tongue. second or third, etc language language that is learned subsequent to the mother tongue • Polish was his first language, French was his second language and English his third. speak the same language to think in similar ways or share the same kind of tastes.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French langage.

language noun 1 any formalized system of communication, especially one that uses sounds or written symbols which the majority of a particular community will readily understand. 2 the speech and writing of a particular nation or social group. 3 the faculty of speech. 4 a specified style of speech or verbal expression • elegant language. 5 any other way of communicating or expressing meaning • sign language. 6 professional or specialized vocabulary • legal language. 7 a system of signs and symbols used to write computer programs. See also low-level language, high-level language. bad language words that some people might consider rude or offensive. dead language a language, eg Sanskrit, Latin or classical Greek, that is no longer passed on from one generation to another as a mother tongue and which has therefore become fossilized. first language or native language 1 the language that someone learns as a child, usually from a parent or parents. 2 the language that someone in a multilingual community chooses to use in preference to other language options. See also mother tongue. second or third, etc language language that is learned subsequent to the mother tongue • Polish was his first language, French was his second language and English his third. speak the same language to think in similar ways or share the same kind of tastes.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French langage.