(n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
(n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
(n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
(n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
(n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
(n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
(n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
(n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.
(v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thus it is unclear how a language learner determines whether German even has a regular plural, and if so what form it takes.
(2) The original sample included 1200 high school males within each of 30 language and cultural communities.
(3) The deep green people who have an issue with the language of natural capital are actually making the same jump from value to commodification that they state that they don’t want ... They’ve equated one with the other,” he says.
(4) Surrounding intact ipsilateral structures are more important for the recovery of some of the language functions, such as motor output and phonemic assembly, than homologous contralateral structures.
(5) This review focused on the methods used to identify language impairment in specifically language-impaired subjects participating in 72 research studies that were described in four journals from 1983 to 1988.
(6) In his notorious 1835 Minute on Education , Lord Macaulay articulated the classic reason for teaching English, but only to a small minority of Indians: “We must do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.” The language was taught to a few to serve as intermediaries between the rulers and the ruled.
(7) Groups were similar with respect to age, sex, school experience, family income, housing, primary language spoken, and nonverbal intelligence.
(8) And that ancient Basque cultural gem – the mysterious language with its odd Xs, Ks and Ts – will be honoured at every turn in a city where it was forbidden by Franco.
(9) Language and discussion develop the intellect, she argues.
(10) This empirical fact has in recent years been increasingly dealt with in pertinent German-language literature, the discussion clearly emphasizing the demand that programmes aimed at the vocational qualification of unemployed disabled persons be provided, along with accompanying measures.
(11) To do so degrades the language of war and aids the terrorist enemy.
(12) They have already missed the critical periods in language learning and thus are apt to remain severely depressed in language skills at best.
(13) This paper reviews the epidemiologic studies of petroleum workers published in the English language, focusing on research pertaining to the petroleum industry, rather than the broader petrochemical industry.
(14) Now, a small Scottish charity, Edinburgh Direct Aid – moved by their plight and aware that the language of Lebanese education is French and English and that Syria is Arabic – is delivering textbooks in Arabic to the school and have offered to fund timeshare projects across the country.
(15) The researchers' own knowledge of street language and drug behavior has enabled them to capture information that would escape most observers and even some participants.
(16) At the House Ear Institute, speech and language assessments are a regular part of the evaluation protocol for the cochlear implant clinical trials in children.
(17) The Rio+ 20 Earth summit could collapse after countries failed to agree on acceptable language just two weeks before 120 world leaders arrive at the biggest UN summit ever organised, WWF warned on Wednesday.
(18) Disagreements over the language of the text continued throughout Friday.
(19) And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but … fuck it, I quit.” A stunned colleague then told viewers: “All right we apologise for that … we’ll, we’ll be right back.” The station later apologised to viewers on Twitter: KTVA 11 News (@ktva) Viewers, we sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter on the air tonight.
(20) The European commission has three official "procedural languages": German, French and English.
Razzmatazz
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) For all the media razzmatazz, the big economic decisions and announcements are almost always made elsewhere.
(2) Today saw the largest military parade that North Korea has ever witnessed: a blend of sheer force and razzmatazz.
(3) Reputations riding on the iPhone 6 Amid all the razzmatazz of Apple's latest launch – including a live performance from U2, and iTunes account holders receiving the band's new album whether they wanted it or not – it is easy to forget that the success of the iPhone 6 and Watch is crucial for its chief executive, Tim Cook, and highly paid retail guru, Angela Ahrendts.
(4) Dein was fascinated by the high-rolling razzmatazz of American sport and frustrated by the endless sub-committees of the Football League, the competition to which his club then belonged.
(5) It was difficult to think of another FA Cup final when the winning manager has been condemned so quickly and, if that will be remembered as an embarrassment for United, there was an awkward sub-plot for the Football Association as well, bearing in mind the ridiculous razzmatazz that preceded the game.
(6) "We didn't go pink and we didn't want razzmatazz," said Annette Phillips, superintendent registrar.
(7) Razzmatazz and balloons is not going to be the mood at the next election.
(8) It seems in keeping with his film-making style that there is no razzmatazz about Thin Man Films’s headquarters.
(9) The conference slogan will be “Straight talking, honest politics” – an echo of the Corbyn leadership campaign in which he shunned razzmatazz in favour of hundreds of unrehearsed and often unscripted speeches.
(10) Barron Trump, 10, joined his father, Donald, and mother Melania, at the noisy, razzmatazz climax of the Republican national convention in Cleveland, his parents keeping a protective hand on him as rock music blared and the arena erupted.
(11) Their continuation suggests next year's Oscars will maintain the air of showbiz razzmatazz that saw a number of old-school song and dance numbers, as well as Theron and Channing Tatum's elegant waltz.
(12) Bolland suggests that M&S has avoided these disasters because of the strong sourcing policies of Plan A, which was billed as costing £200m over five years when it launched in January 2007 with typical Rose razzmatazz , but has since saved the company £320m.
(13) Amid the razzmatazz of Geneva, much of the talk on the sidelines among European manufacturers will be how to take capacity out of an industry that is suffering from a severe production glut.
(14) Tony Smythe has no doubt what his father would think of the modern Everest scene, and the fight that took place on the mountain this spring : "He would have been horrified by the whole thing – the razzmatazz and the vast numbers going up there.
(15) What’s the point hanging around for the fight when he can fight [Juan Manuel] Márquez, [Brandon] Rios or [Keith] Thurman.” The rumbling, velvet tones of the MC, Michael Buffer, welcomed the home favourite to the ring with unmistakable razzmatazz and, having taken the measure of his man with the jab in round one, Brook set about unravelling Dan’s evening in the next round.
(16) In contrast to Yes Scotland’s razzmatazz, the Better Together launch at Napier University’s futuristic silver auditorium at Craiglockhart in Edinburgh a month later was a far more sober affair.