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Noun
language (countable and uncountable; plural languages)
- (countable) A form of communication using words either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with grammar, often with a writing system.
- the English language
- sign language
- 1900, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek[1], page 50:
- "No language could express his rage and despair."
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- the gift of language
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===Noun===
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# {{countable}} A form of [[communication]] using [[word]]s either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with [[grammar]], often with a writing [[system]].
#: ''the English '''language'''''
#: ''sign '''language'''''
#* {{quote-book
|page=50
|year=1900
|author=William Beckford
|title=The History of the Caliph Vathek
|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KnArAAAAMAAJ
|passage="No '''language''' could express his rage and despair."}}
# {{uncountable}} The ability to communicate using words.
#: ''the gift of '''language'''''xhtml Output
<span class="mw-headline" id="Noun">Noun</span></h3>
<p><span class="infl-inline"><b>language</b> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a>;</i> <i>plural</i> <span class="form-of plural-form-of lang-en"><b><span class="Latn" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a href="/wiki/languages#English" title="languages">languages</a></span></b></span>)</span></p>
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<li><span class="ib-brac"><span class="qualifier-brac">(</span></span><span class="ib-content"><span class="qualifier-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#C" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac"><span class="qualifier-brac">)</span></span> A form of <a href="/wiki/communication" title="communication">communication</a> using <a href="/wiki/word" title="word">words</a> either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with <a href="/wiki/grammar" title="grammar">grammar</a>, often with a writing <a href="/wiki/system" title="system">system</a>.
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<dd><i>the English <b>language</b></i></dd>
<dd><i>sign <b>language</b></i></dd>
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<li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite class="book" style="font-style:normal"><b>1900</b>, William Beckford, <i>The History of the Caliph Vathek</i><sup><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=KnArAAAAMAAJ" class="external autonumber" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></sup>, page 50</cite>:</span></span>
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<dd><span class="cited-passage">"No <b>language</b> could express his rage and despair."</span></dd>
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<li><span class="ib-brac"><span class="qualifier-brac">(</span></span><span class="ib-content"><span class="qualifier-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#U" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac"><span class="qualifier-brac">)</span></span> The ability to communicate using words.
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<dd><i>the gift of <b>language</b></i></dd>
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