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Language
Definitions
A set of symbols that express ideas and enable people to think and communicate with one another(Noun) A form of communication, mostly spoken, to convey meaning and thought.
a repertoire of symbols that have meaning
(Noun) a system of words, signs, or symbols, used to communicate with others
(Noun) A system of communicating through arbitrary sounds, symbols, or gestures.
(Noun) A speech humans made
Usage: What language do you speak?
(Noun) An agreed upon set of symbols for communicating abstract ideas.
Usage: Language, as defined here, distinguishes us from all other animals because only we can communicate abstract ideas. Humans also have generation skipping language; my grandfather wrote a novel and died and then I read his book.
(Noun) human speech
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