Definition of language
- n. - Any means of conveying or communicating ideas;
specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice;
sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat
and mouth.
- n. - The expression of ideas by writing, or any other
instrumentality.
- n. - The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas,
peculiar to a particular nation.
- n. - The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to
an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
- n. - The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man
express their feelings or their wants.
- n. - The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of
ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
- n. - The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or
department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of
chemistry or theology.
- n. - A race, as distinguished by its speech.
- v. t. - To communicate by language; to express in language.