· a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"

Synonym(s): linguistic_communication

Hypernym(s): communication

· (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

Synonym(s): speech, speech_communication, spoken_communication, spoken_language, voice_communication, oral_communication

Hypernym(s): auditory_communication

· the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

Synonym(s): lyric, words

Hypernym(s): text, textual_matter

· the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"

Synonym(s): linguistic_process

Hypernym(s): higher_cognitive_process

· the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"

Synonym(s): speech

Hypernym(s): faculty, mental_faculty, module

· a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

Synonym(s): terminology, nomenclature

Hypernym(s): word