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Common
noun
•
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
.
•
The
ability
to
communicate
using
words
.
•
A
sublanguage
: the
slang
of a
particular
community
or
jargon
of a
particular
specialist
field
.
•
The
expression
of
thought
(the
communication
of
meaning
) in a
specified
way; that which
communicates
something, as
language
does.
•
A
body
of
sounds
,
signs
and/or
signals
by which
animals
communicate
, and by which
plants
are sometimes also
thought
to
communicate
.
•
In Computing:
A
computer language
; a
machine language
.
•
Manner
of
expression
.
•
The
particular
words
used in a
speech
or a
passage
of
text
.
•
Profanity
.
•
A
languet
,
a flat
plate
in or below the
flue pipe
of an
organ
.
verb
•
To
communicate
by
language
; to
express
in
language
.
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