Thesaurus results for LINGOS

lingos

noun

variants or lingoes

plural of lingo

as in languages

the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication medical missionaries struggling to learn the lingo of the African tribe that they were treating

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as in terminologies

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the shorthand medical lingo that the hospital staffers use with one another

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Recent Examples of lingos Mixing and juxtaposing voices, lingos, and tones, [Dylan] traces the decline of America over the trajectory of his own lifetime through the kaleidoscope of the Kennedy assassination. — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

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Xavi speaks six languages and has lived in some of the world’s most iconic cities.

— Jay Harris, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Diversity also emerges as a key strength, with the World Cup showcasing a rich tapestry of cultures and languages, a value 80% of organizations still champion.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of languages

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Sometimes the problem is not translation at all, but meanings that shift between two dialects of the same language.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Korea and China just demonstrated, in their very different dialects, that friction can be deliberately put back.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of dialects

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This requires deployment at the edge, integration into proprietary data pipelines, fine-tuning for domain-specific vocabularies, and compliance with local data sovereignty laws.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
This gap can help explain why some children’s vocabularies grow so much faster than others.

— Michelle Kearney, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

Definition of vocabularies

Noun

On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
The film’s look is inspired by ink wash paintings and wood blocks, moving fluidly between different visual idioms.

— Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026

Definition of idioms

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Children separated from their families were taught, sometimes violently, not to speak their native tongues, and many did not pass them on to their children.

— Kadin Mills, NPR, 26 July 2026
But today’s linguistic diversity may be only the shadow of a time when humans conversed in 10 times as many tongues.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

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