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as in tongues
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language
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as in dialects
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
"love" means "nothing" in the language of tennis
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as in dictions
the way in which something is put into words
we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going
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Recent Examples of languages
Some coding-specific shortcuts are also available for debugging, adding logs and comments, and translating code into other languages.
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Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
Today, the company is expanding the service to a handful of other languages, starting with French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, and Spanish.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
These networks and offerings are in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and other languages.
—Rudie Obias, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Meta also plans to add real-time translation abilities, too, for select languages.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
The event will investigate a range of perspectives, geographies, and languages through curatorial methodologies including residencies, workshops, sonic experiences, and expanded publications.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Oct. 2024
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
These models can generate human-like text, translate languages, and even create art.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Elephants, gorillas and other iconic animals visit these muddy concourses, called bais in languages of the Indigenous Ba’aka people, to soak up vital nutrition and maintain their intricate social networks.
—Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
Today, the company is expanding the service to a handful of other languages, starting with French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, and Spanish.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
These networks and offerings are in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and other languages.
—Rudie Obias, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Meta also plans to add real-time translation abilities, too, for select languages.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
The event will investigate a range of perspectives, geographies, and languages through curatorial methodologies including residencies, workshops, sonic experiences, and expanded publications.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Oct. 2024
The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
These models can generate human-like text, translate languages, and even create art.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Elephants, gorillas and other iconic animals visit these muddy concourses, called bais in languages of the Indigenous Ba’aka people, to soak up vital nutrition and maintain their intricate social networks.
—Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Languages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/languages. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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