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language

noun
  1. the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
    “language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals”
    speech
  2. the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
    “We didn't have the language to express our feelings.”
    linguistic process
  3. a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
    “I taught foreign languages.”
    linguistic communication
  4. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    terminologynomenclature
  5. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
    lyric
  6. (language) communication by word of mouth
    speechspeech communicationspoken communicationspoken languageoral communication