language

  • 21language — noun 1 ENGLISH/FRENCH/ARABIC ETC (C, U) a system of communication by written or spoken words, which is used by the people of a particular country or area: the Japanese language | How many languages do you speak? | native language (=the first… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22language —    by Gerry Coulter   For Baudrillard language is always aimed at the social (SED) and is understood as an artifical system (TE). While discourse tends to produce meaning he says that language (and writing) always create illusion (PC).… …

    The Baudrillard dictionary

  • 23language — [[t]læ̱ŋgwɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦ languages 1) N COUNT A language is a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing. ...the English language …

    English dictionary

  • 24language — lan•guage [[t]ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) ling. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the French language[/ex] 2) ling. a)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25language — /ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ / (say langgwij), /ˈlæŋwɪdʒ / (say langwij) noun 1. communication by voice in the distinctively human manner, using arbitrary auditory symbols in conventional ways with conventional meanings. 2. any set or system of such symbols as… …

  • 26language — 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… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27language —    In religion, issues of language and meaning are highly significant. A religion based on a text has to determine what the text means, and although this might have been clear to those who were present when the revelation of the Qur’an was given… …

    Islamic philosophy dictionary

  • 28language*/*/*/ — [ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ] noun 1) [U] the method of human communication using spoken or written words language skills[/ex] a new study of how a child learns language[/ex] a comparison between spoken and written language[/ex] 2) [C] the particular form of words …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 29LANGUAGE —    The Etruscan language does not survive as a literary record and has to be largely reconstructed from funerary inscriptions and some words recorded by later authors. The surviving evidence of the Etruscan language comes from a restricted… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans

  • 30Language — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Language >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 language language Sgm: N 1 phraseology phraseology &c. 569 Sgm: N 1 speech speech &c. 582 Sgm: N 1 tongue tongue lingo vernacular Sgm …

    English dictionary for students