Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - language
Language
language
n. 1 the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in an agreed way. 2 the language of a particular community or country etc. (speaks several languages). 3 a the faculty of speech. b a style or the faculty of expression; the use of words, etc. (his language was poetic; hasn't the language to express it). c (also bad language) coarse, crude, or abusive speech (didn't like his language). 4 a system of symbols and rules for writing computer programs or algorithms. 5 any method of expression (the language of mime; sign language). 6 a professional or specialized vocabulary. 7 literary style. Phrases and idioms language laboratory a room equipped with tape recorders etc. for learning a foreign language. language of flowers a set of symbolic meanings attached to different flowers. speak the same language have a similar outlook, manner of expression, etc. Etymology: ME f. OF langage ult. f. L lingua tongue
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noun see: tongue Date: 14th century 1. the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community, b. audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs, a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings, the suggestion by objects, actions, or conditions of associated ideas or feelings , the means by which animals communicate, a formal system of signs and symbols (as FORTRAN or a calculus in logic) including rules for the formation and transformation of admissible expressions, machine ~ 1, 2. form or manner of verbal expression, the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or a department of knowledge, profanity, the study of ~ especially as a school subject, specific words especially in a law or regulation ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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