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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
This is why the delegates translated it into multiple languages immediately and sent copies intended for King Louis XVI of France and King Carlos III of Spain on the first ship bound for Europe on July 8.
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Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Ultimately, each family in the society made their own decisions about linguistic education, and the children grew up exposed to various different languages at home, but none of them was universal in the commune.
—Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
The Viewing Room 2025 will feature 230 films across 33 languages, with 85 world premieres.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Before his bid for mayor, Mamdani represented Queens, a borough where more than 140 languages are spoken.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 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.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 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
Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Ultimately, each family in the society made their own decisions about linguistic education, and the children grew up exposed to various different languages at home, but none of them was universal in the commune.
—Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
The Viewing Room 2025 will feature 230 films across 33 languages, with 85 world premieres.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Before his bid for mayor, Mamdani represented Queens, a borough where more than 140 languages are spoken.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 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.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for languages
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Many rank-and-file enlistees were also recent immigrants, and patriot regiments hummed with a cacophony of different tongues, accents, and dialects throughout the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many in that group are holding their tongues in public.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many rank-and-file enlistees were also recent immigrants, and patriot regiments hummed with a cacophony of different tongues, accents, and dialects throughout the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 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
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
Noun
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The formulations, doses, and follow-up protocols vary widely.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
6 Nov. 2025
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That’s largely due to small sample sizes and differences in study methods and probiotic formulations.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Time,
4 Nov. 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 13 Nov. 2025.
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