language

[lang-gwij] / ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ /

NOUN

system of words for communication

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accent dialect expression jargon prose sound speech style terminology vocabulary voice word wording

STRONG

argot articulation brogue cant communication conversation diction dictionary discourse doublespeak gibberish idiom interchange lexicon palaver parlance patois phraseology signal slang talk tongue utterance verbalization vernacular vocalization

WEAK

lingua franca

Antonyms

STRONGEST

silence

STRONG

quiet standard

Example Sentences

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The Fed dropped language that had pointed to rising downside risks in the labor market.

From Barron's

Harsh language has been replaced by calls for calm after weeks of standoffs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Overnight, Singh became Bollywood's most relateable voice, recording across many languages - Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu - and sometimes singing multiple songs in a single film.

From BBC

He also studied Arabic at Damascus University’s language institute in Syria.

From The Wall Street Journal

Classical processors are “the technology behind everything that we see today with language models and training and inference and so forth,” according to Chow.

From Barron's

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