LANGUAGE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
   Synonym(s)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals
   Hypernyms(s) language is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • faculty (what does faculty mean?)
   • mental faculty (what does mental faculty mean?)
   • module (what does module mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • speak (what does speak mean?)
   • talk (what does talk mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
   Synonym(s)
   • linguistic process (what does linguistic process mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he didn”t have the language to express his feelings
   Hypernyms(s) language is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • higher cognitive process (what does higher cognitive process mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • reading (what does reading mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
   Synonym(s)
   • linguistic communication (what does linguistic communication mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he taught foreign languages
   • the language introduced is standard throughout the text
   • the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it
   Hypernyms(s) language is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • communication (what does communication mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dead language (what does dead language mean?)
   • words (what does words mean?)
   • source language (what does source language mean?)
   • object language (what does object language mean?)
   • target language (what does target language mean?)
   • sign language (what does sign language mean?)
   • signing (what does signing mean?)
   • artificial language (what does artificial language mean?)
   • metalanguage (what does metalanguage mean?)
   • native language (what does native language mean?)
   • natural language (what does natural language mean?)
   • tongue (what does tongue mean?)
   • lingua franca (what does lingua franca mean?)
   • interlanguage (what does interlanguage mean?)
   • koine (what does koine mean?)
   • string of words (what does string of words mean?)
   • word string (what does word string mean?)
   • linguistic string (what does linguistic string mean?)
   • barrage (what does barrage mean?)
   • outpouring (what does outpouring mean?)
   • onslaught (what does onslaught mean?)
   • slanguage (what does slanguage mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a system of words used in a particular discipline
   Synonym(s)
   • nomenclature (what does nomenclature mean?)
   • terminology (what does terminology mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • legal terminology
   • the language of sociology
   Hypernyms(s) language is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • word (what does word mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • markup language (what does markup language mean?)
   • toponymy (what does toponymy mean?)
   • toponomy (what does toponomy mean?)
5. Meaning
   • the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
   Synonym(s)
   • lyric (what does lyric mean?)
   • words (what does words mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his compositions always started with the lyrics
   • he wrote both words and music
   • the song uses colloquial language
   Hypernyms(s) language is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • text (what does text mean?)
   • textual matter (what does textual matter mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • love lyric (what does love lyric mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • lyric (what does lyric mean?)
6. Meaning
   • (language) communication by word of mouth
   Synonym(s)
   • oral communication (what does oral communication mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • speech communication (what does speech communication mean?)
   • spoken communication (what does spoken communication mean?)
   • spoken language (what does spoken language mean?)
   • voice communication (what does voice communication mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his speech was garbled
   • he uttered harsh language
   • he recorded the spoken language of the streets
   Hypernyms(s) language is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • auditory communication (what does auditory communication mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • words (what does words mean?)
   • pronunciation (what does pronunciation mean?)
   • orthoepy (what does orthoepy mean?)
   • conversation (what does conversation mean?)
   • discussion (what does discussion mean?)
   • give-and-take (what does give-and-take mean?)
   • word (what does word mean?)
   • saying (what does saying mean?)
   • expression (what does expression mean?)
   • locution (what does locution mean?)
   • non-standard speech (what does non-standard speech mean?)
   • idiolect (what does idiolect mean?)
   • monologue (what does monologue mean?)
   • spell (what does spell mean?)
   • magic spell (what does magic spell mean?)
   • charm (what does charm mean?)
   • dictation (what does dictation mean?)
   • soliloquy (what does soliloquy mean?)
   • monologue (what does monologue mean?)