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Antonyms for language

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lang-gwij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ


Definition of language

Origin :
  • late 13c., langage "words, what is said, conversation, talk," from Old French langage (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *linguaticum, from Latin lingua "tongue," also "speech, language" (see lingual). The form with -u- developed in Anglo-French. Meaning "a language" is from c.1300, also used in Middle English of dialects:
  • Mercii, þat beeþ men of myddel Engelond[,] vnderstondeþ bettre þe side langages, norþerne and souþerne, þan norþerne and souþerne vnderstondeþ eiþer oþer. [John of Trevisa, translation of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]In oþir inglis was it drawin, And turnid ic haue it til ur awin Language of the norþin lede, Þat can na noþir inglis rede. ["Cursor Mundi," early 14c.]
  • Language barrier attested from 1933.
  • noun system of words for communication
Example sentences :
  • All who listened were deeply impressed by language so mysterious.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It would be a solecism in language to say that any portion of these is not included in the whole.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Having grasped a principle, we phrase it in the language of our time.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • This is the language of passionate exaggeration, one might say.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • The third act is "spoiled, by the characteristic Shakespearean language."
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Could the master of language find no better word than the contemptuous one?
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • There was nothing to be done but, in policeman's language, 'move on.'
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • "Yes, I will;" for he could say that in the language in which the landlady spoke.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • The language, the style, the tone of the correspondence is the same.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The Kavirondo, his eyes rolling, shot forth a torrent of language.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Synonyms for language

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