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as in vocabulary
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
"love" means "nothing" in the language of tennis
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as in diction
the way in which something is put into words
we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going
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Recent Examples of language
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New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Surprisingly, canines can also differentiate between different human languages.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
While any language can work, Python is widely favored for its simplicity and robust library support.
—Sandro Shubladze, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Surprisingly, canines can also differentiate between different human languages.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
While any language can work, Python is widely favored for its simplicity and robust library support.
—Sandro Shubladze, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for language
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The future of communicating with buyers and customers is less about impressive vocabulary and more about genuine connection.Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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McBride possesses a skill that few of his peers can claim: a vocabulary for critically analyzing screen acting and how its gestures and movements cohere with the director and cinematographer’s tools.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
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About 70% of big businesses that have AI training focus on teaching concepts and terminology, according to Mercer’s data.Catherine McGrath, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Here’s a terminology detail: an AI accelerator can be a physical chip, like a GPU or an ASIC.John Werner, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Tank’s voice is filled with the conviction of a priest, the tongue-in-cheek diction sourced from intracommunal conversations and the endless hope and indecipherable exhaustion of generations of Black women.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
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This is a sad book that rewards the reader with laughter, all propelled by clever flourishes: PJ’s video game diction, or Imelda’s breathless, punctuation-free prose that drops you immediately into the hypervigilance and self-awareness that plagues her every thought.Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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So was the oily film the off-putting mixture left on my tongue.Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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The drops, which go under your tongue, can cost $100 or more a month.Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jones and Brody learned Hungarian and worked with a dialect coach for the movie.Carole Horst, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Turns out, dat good ole dialect is a put-on: James speaks like a professor.Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Economists said the wording meant monetary policy, which involves influencing interest rates, was being relaxed for the first time since 2010.Juliana Liu, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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For others, however, these statements provoked further questions: was the ambiguity of wording in the regulations strategic and designed to allow authorities to ban the paquete in the future?Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made by History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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The versatile, always-all-in Mars is a worthy lodestar for Rosé and Rosie, an album that whirls through 21st-century pop idioms with aplomb even as its heroine ruminates on heartache and anxiety.Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps that’s why his debut album as Chanel Beads is filled with self-help idioms and reflections on internal conflicts.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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Jone [Southern slang meaning make fun, joke around].Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Previous generations of slang terms usually had one-to-one translations to, for lack of a better word, normal English.Evan Porter, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/language. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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