| language | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. language, linguistic communication | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols.; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| ~ usage | the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written.; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French" |
| ~ dead language | a language that is no longer learned as a native language. |
| ~ words | language that is spoken or written.; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words" |
| ~ source language | a language that is to be translated into another language. |
| ~ target language, object language | the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated. |
| ~ accent mark, accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation. |
| ~ sign language, signing | language expressed by visible hand gestures. |
| ~ artificial language | a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose. |
| ~ metalanguage | a language that can be used to describe languages. |
| ~ native language | the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood. |
| ~ indigenous language | a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere. |
| ~ superstrate, superstratum | the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language. |
| ~ natural language, tongue | a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language. |
| ~ interlanguage, lingua franca, koine | a common language used by speakers of different languages.; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" |
| ~ linguistic string, string of words, word string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written. |
| ~ expressive style, style | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" |
| ~ barrage, bombardment, onslaught, outpouring | the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written).; "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" |
| ~ oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, language, speech | (language) communication by word of mouth.; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" |
| ~ slanguage | language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant. |
| ~ alphabetize | provide with an alphabet.; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" |
| ~ lucid, luculent, perspicuous, crystal clear, pellucid, limpid | (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable.; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" |
| ~ well-turned | (of language) aptly and pleasingly expressed.; "a well-turned phrase" |
| ~ uncorrupted, undefiled | (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased.; "uncorrupted English"; "learn to speak pure English undefiled" |
| ~ synchronic | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents.; "synchronic linguistics" |
| ~ diachronic, historical | used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time.; "diachronic linguistics" |
| n. (communication) | 2. language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication | (language) communication by word of mouth.; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" |
| ~ language, linguistic communication | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols.; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" |
| ~ auditory communication | communication that relies on hearing. |
| ~ words | the words that are spoken.; "I listened to his words very closely" |
| ~ orthoepy, pronunciation | the way a word or a language is customarily spoken.; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation" |
| ~ conversation | the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.. |
| ~ give-and-take, discussion, word | an exchange of views on some topic.; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" |
| ~ locution, saying, expression | a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.; "pardon the expression" |
| ~ non-standard speech | speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community. |
| ~ idiolect | the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life. |
| ~ monologue | a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation). |
| ~ magic spell, magical spell, charm, spell | a verbal formula believed to have magical force.; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" |
| ~ dictation | speech intended for reproduction in writing. |
| ~ monologue, soliloquy | speech you make to yourself. |
| n. (communication) | 3. language, lyric, words | the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number.; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ love lyric | the lyric of a love song. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. language, linguistic process | the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication.; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings" |
| ~ higher cognitive process | cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use. |
| ~ reading | the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message.; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. language, speech | the mental faculty or power of vocal communication.; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" |
| ~ faculty, mental faculty, module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. |
| ~ lexis | all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function. |
| ~ lexicon, mental lexicon, vocabulary | a language user's knowledge of words. |
| ~ verbalise, verbalize | convert into a verb.; "many English nouns have become verbalized" |
| n. (communication) | 6. language, nomenclature, terminology | a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline.; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" |
| ~ word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
| ~ markup language | a set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a document. |
| ~ toponomy, toponymy | the nomenclature of regional anatomy. |
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