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.