language

Definitions

1. 1.The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
2. 2.The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
3. 3.The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style. Others for language all their care express. Pope.
4. 4.The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
5. 5.The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers. There was . . . language in their very gesture. Shak.
6. 6.The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
7. 7.A race, as distinguished by its speech. [R.] All the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image. Dan. iii.
8. 8.Language master, a teacher of languages.[Obs.] -- Language, Speech, Tongue, Idiom, Dialect. Language is generic, denoting, in its most extended use, any mode of conveying ideas; speech is the language of articulate sounds; tongue is the Anglo- Saxon tern for language, esp. for spoken language; as, the English tongue. Idiom denotes the forms of construction peculiar to a particular language; dialects are varieties if expression which spring up in different parts of a country among people speaking substantially the same language.
9. 9.To communicate by language; to express in language. Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. Fuller.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is language.

• What is the expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality called?
• What is the forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation called?
• What is the characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style. Others for language all their care express. Pope called?
• What is the inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants called?
• What is the suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers. There was . . . language in their very gesture. Shak called?
• What is the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology called?
• What is a race, as distinguished by its speech. [R.] All the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image. Dan. iii called?
• What is to communicate by language; to express in language. Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. Fuller called?