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as in vocabulary
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
"love" means "nothing" in the language of tennis
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as in diction
the way in which something is put into words
we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going
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Recent Examples of language
But breast cancer treatment involves highly specialized language that most people have never encountered before.
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026
Others were just as proud, albeit less graceful with their language.
—Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Spanish-language broadcasts will be hosted on Telemundo and Universo.
—Joy Burton, NBC news, 15 June 2026
Per WeParaguay, there’s no minimum age requirement, no pension or investment requirements, and no language test.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026
Others were just as proud, albeit less graceful with their language.
—Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Spanish-language broadcasts will be hosted on Telemundo and Universo.
—Joy Burton, NBC news, 15 June 2026
Per WeParaguay, there’s no minimum age requirement, no pension or investment requirements, and no language test.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
Noun
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Yet these efforts can sharpen the vocabulary of leadership while leaving the underlying habits of the leadership system untouched.—
Britton Bloch,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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The concept of impossible was not in our vocabulary.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Noun
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New treatment possibilities emerge, often accompanied by unfamiliar terminology and difficult decisions.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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That’s fractionally lower than the Valley of Mexico, the terminology for Mexico City’s metro area, which is also four times the size of Guadalajara.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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This isn’t to suggest that Young needs to pick up where Hunt has left off, in terms of salty diction.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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But Auschwitz had also left its mark on his diction—a sort of verbal tattoo.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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People usually seek medical attention after experiencing worrisome symptoms, including hives, dizziness, difficulty breathing and swelling of the lips, throat, tongue or eyelids.—
Matthew Perrone,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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The xenophobic law meant that Yiddish-speaking Jews and Italians seeking to vote could be required to recite and write passages from the state Constitution, regardless of their level of education in their native tongues or whether their conduct as new Americans was exemplary.—
Robert Polner,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
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Shanghainese scriptwriter Zhang interwove her personal experience into the script, with more than 50% of the dialogue spoken in the Shanghai dialect.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Ultimately the difficulty of the task was what led him to sign on, which involved working with three different dialect coaches and studying with a Cuban professor named Rafael Rojas.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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That wording felt stiff and a little off.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Aiyuk’s latest message was clear in its frustration but not always in its wording.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The Suez Canal incident of March 2021 revealed the same pattern in a different idiom.—
Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.—
Steve Baltin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
11 May 2026
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The home was dubbed Snowman in honor of Bryan’s late brother, Chris, who earned the nickname from the golf slang for a score of eight on an individual hole.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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