Definitions for language
language
lan·guage
Spelling: [lang-gwij]
IPA: /ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ/
Language is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 161 anagrams from letters in language (aaegglnu).
Definitions for language
noun
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a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition:
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communication by voice in the distinctively human manner, using arbitrary sounds in conventional ways with conventional meanings; speech.
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the system of linguistic signs or symbols considered in the abstract (opposed to speech).
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any set or system of such symbols as used in a more or less uniform fashion by a number of people, who are thus enabled to communicate intelligibly with one another.
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any system of formalized symbols, signs, sounds, gestures, or the like used or conceived as a means of communicating thought, emotion, etc.:
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the means of communication used by animals:
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communication of meaning in any way; medium that is expressive, significant, etc.:
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linguistics; the study of language.
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the speech or phraseology peculiar to a class, profession, etc.; lexis; jargon.
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a particular manner of verbal expression:
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choice of words or style of writing; diction:
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Computers. a set of characters and symbols and syntactic rules for their combination and use, by means of which a computer can be given directions:
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a nation or people considered in terms of their speech.
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Archaic. faculty or power of speech.
Origin of language
1250-1300; Middle English Anglo-French, variant spelling of langage, derivative of langue tongue. See lingua, -age
Examples for language
But truth be told, I never came close to mastering the language despite my excellent grades.
Having grasped a principle, we phrase it in the language of our time.
The third act is "spoiled, by the characteristic Shakespearean language."
His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.
“Deck the Halls” was written back in the 16th century, when the English language was very different.
All who listened were deeply impressed by language so mysterious.
The language school did not focus on providing instruction but instead was a visa mill.
We also have a language filled with distaste for the civilian “others.”
This is the language of passionate exaggeration, one might say.
It would be a solecism in language to say that any portion of these is not included in the whole.