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Definition of language
1a : the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community
studied the French language
b(1) : audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs
(2) : a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings
the language of mathematics
(3) : the suggestion by objects, actions, or conditions of associated ideas or feelings
language in their very gesture— William Shakespeare
(4) : the means by which animals communicate
the language of birds
(5) : a formal system of signs and symbols (such as FORTRAN or a calculus in logic) including rules for the formation and transformation of admissible expressions
(6) : machine language sense 1
b : the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or a department of knowledge
the language of diplomacy medical language
c : profanity shouldn't of blamed the fellers if they'd cut loose with some language— Ring Lardner
3 : the study of language especially as a school subject
earned a grade of B in language
4 : specific words especially in a law or regulation
The police were diligent in enforcing the language of the law.
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