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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
Four are beautifully translated from their original languages.
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Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
In today's world, the ideal of peace is universally cherished, across cultures and in many languages.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 13 Apr. 2026
Tributes to Bhosle, who sang in many Indian languages, including Marathi and Hindi, came from across the arts world.
—CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
The underclassman enjoys learning languages, baking and coaching swimming.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Guelleh learned to speak several languages, including Somali, Amharic, Arabic, English, and French.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Apr. 2026
The April 2026 lineup gives shape to that mandate, pairing features and shorts across languages including Ladakhi, Khasi, Kashmiri and Malayalam.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Leo greeted the global faithful in 10 languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Latin, reviving a practice that his predecessor Pope Francis had let lapse.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
In today's world, the ideal of peace is universally cherished, across cultures and in many languages.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 13 Apr. 2026
Tributes to Bhosle, who sang in many Indian languages, including Marathi and Hindi, came from across the arts world.
—CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
The underclassman enjoys learning languages, baking and coaching swimming.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Guelleh learned to speak several languages, including Somali, Amharic, Arabic, English, and French.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Apr. 2026
The April 2026 lineup gives shape to that mandate, pairing features and shorts across languages including Ladakhi, Khasi, Kashmiri and Malayalam.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Leo greeted the global faithful in 10 languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Latin, reviving a practice that his predecessor Pope Francis had let lapse.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for languages
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Notebooks filled with two tongues leaning against each other.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Chows are magnificent dogs of ancient Chinese descent known for their black tongues and lion-like mane.—
Katelyn Chef,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
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The British colonial name of New Cut was different from other nearby creeks—Wadmalaw, Bohicket, Leadenwah, Stono—all named in Indigenous dialects.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Human communication with honeyguides in northern Mozambique occurs in local dialects.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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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
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In the October 2025 study that followed families over time, children who spent more time with digital media at age 2 tended to have smaller vocabularies at age 3, regardless of the child’s temperament or the caregiver’s personality traits.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Teams were asked to learn new interfaces, adopt new vocabularies, and take responsibility for outputs whose behavior remained probabilistic rather than deterministic.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Compounding pharmacies are those intended to make custom or specialized formulations of medications for patients.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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But some hair serums feature specialized formulations that specifically target different hair types.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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If the assignment is to translate something from a foreign language, there are plenty of tools and resources that can do it for you, including by recognizing and figuratively translating idioms.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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Those books introduced me to a vision of American teenage life and taught me the rhythms and idioms of American English, nuances that would later replace my Britishisms and shape my career as a journalist.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Languages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/languages. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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