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as in tongues
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 dialects
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 dictions
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 languages
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Owing to its appeal and acclaim, Pinjar was translated into eight other Indian and foreign languages, including English.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
And Moura, a Brazilian, and Reinsve, a Norwegian, are being feted for performances in films made in their own respective countries and languages, namely The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
The move dovetailed with its goal to generate 30% of its annual revenues from content produced in other languages aside from Spanish.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
For additional help, the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline has professional crisis counselors available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 170 languages.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Markets overflow with mixed currencies; multiple languages echo in the streets.
—Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
The study found that AI tools routinely misrepresent news content in all languages, territories, and across AI platforms.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Owing to its appeal and acclaim, Pinjar was translated into eight other Indian and foreign languages, including English.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
And Moura, a Brazilian, and Reinsve, a Norwegian, are being feted for performances in films made in their own respective countries and languages, namely The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
The move dovetailed with its goal to generate 30% of its annual revenues from content produced in other languages aside from Spanish.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
For additional help, the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline has professional crisis counselors available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 170 languages.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Markets overflow with mixed currencies; multiple languages echo in the streets.
—Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
The study found that AI tools routinely misrepresent news content in all languages, territories, and across AI platforms.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for languages
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Many in that group are holding their tongues in public.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Many breeds have darker lips and noses, and that pigmentation can also be found in their tongues and gums.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Simeon Silverio, former publisher of the San Diego Asian Journal, said Bayani reflects only one of many Filipino dialects and would fail to represent the country’s diverse cultural groups, each of which has its own word for hero.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Studies have found regional dialects of birds’ songs and evidence that some birds learn songs from their parents while still in the shell.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The first three were post-dictions of inflation; the latter four were predictions that had not yet been observed when they were made.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All the tired vocabularies have been thrown out, replaced by a mad, post-minimalist openness and pluralism.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Even over-the-counter basics, like children’s Tylenol or chewable Pepto-Bismol, can be surprisingly hard to find abroad, especially in countries where pharmacies stock different formulations or ban certain medications altogether.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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In a lab tucked away in southern California, scientists at Debut Biotech are testing molecules using advanced biotechnology to create new skincare formulations.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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Music unites the interconnecting stories in this saga and expands its passions, with a sumptuous score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens that taps into a wide range of American styles, idioms and amalgams, even as the second act turns more dissonant.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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The history of labor struggle, infused with religious idioms, is a source of identity and values evident in everything from union meetings in churches to prayers on picket lines.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Languages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/languages. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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