language

language
n.
linguistic system of communication

1) to use a language

2) to plan; standardize a language

3) to learn, master a language

4) to speak (in) a language

5) to butcher, murder; enrich; purify a language

6) (the) spoken; written language

7) one's native language

8) a foreign; international, world; national; official; second; universal language

9) colloquial, informal; formal; idiomatic; literary, standard; nontechnical; substandard; technical language

10) an ancient; artificial; classical; creolized; dead, extinct; living; modern; natural; sign; trade language

11) an agglutinative; inflecting; isolating; synthetic; tone language

12) an object, target; source language

style of speaking or writing

13) abusive; bad, coarse, crude, dirty, foul, nasty, obscene, offensive, unprintable, vile, vulgar; rough, strong, vituperative language

14) elegant; everyday, plain, simple; flowery; polite; rich language

15) children's; diplomatic language

system of signs, symbols used by a computer

16) a computer, machine, programming language

misc.

17) language acquisition; language maintenance

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['læŋgwɪdʒ]
artificial
classical
coarse
creolized
diplomatic language
dirty
enrich
everyday
extinct
flowery
idiomatic
inflecting
international
isolating
literary
master a language
modern
national
nontechnical
programming language
purify a language
rich language
source language
standardize a language
strong
substandard
synthetic
technical language
tone language
trade language
universal language
unprintable
vituperative language
written language
language maintenance
(the) spoken
['linguistic system of communication'] to use a language
['misc. '] language acquisition
['style of speaking or writing'] abusive
['system of signs, symbols used by a computer'] a computer
a foreign
an agglutinative
an ancient
an object
children's
colloquial
elegant
one's native language
to butcher
to learn
to plan
to speak (in) a language

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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