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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
The sandals leaned into that barely-there, almost architectural design language that’s been steadily taking over luxury collections, with thin crisscross straps and a distinct loop around the big toe.
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Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Use foul language, litter, or cut a line, and in a matter of seconds someone’s lovable grandmother would be furiously tearing into the offender until amends were made.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
The center also alleges that the APA has put up roadblocks to allowing an official Jewish affinity group to form, while excusing inflammatory language about Zionism from an Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern and North African affinity group.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Spanish-language broadcasts will be hosted on Telemundo and Universo.
—Joy Burton, NBC news, 22 June 2026
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Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Use foul language, litter, or cut a line, and in a matter of seconds someone’s lovable grandmother would be furiously tearing into the offender until amends were made.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
The center also alleges that the APA has put up roadblocks to allowing an official Jewish affinity group to form, while excusing inflammatory language about Zionism from an Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern and North African affinity group.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Spanish-language broadcasts will be hosted on Telemundo and Universo.
—Joy Burton, NBC news, 22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
Noun
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There is no real vocabulary and no grammar.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 June 2026
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Is retirement in your vocabulary at all?—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Learning about their industry and its terminology would be a huge task for me.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
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Every major technology shift creates terminology confusion.—
Manick Bhan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Despite the belief that biting your tongue protects the relationship and the noble intention behind it, a 2022 UC Berkeley study tied it to more conflict, not less.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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To further create a secure feel, the shoe is also made with a plush heel collar and tongue that lock you in without chafing against your feet.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
20 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
Noun
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Many people still expect scam messages to have bad grammar, strange wording or obvious red flags.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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Bloomberg previously reported that there could be differences in the wording between the English and Persian versions of the MOU.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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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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Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.—
Angelina Mazza,
Vulture,
19 June 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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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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