language
US /ˈlæŋɡwədʒ/
Definition
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The company offers language classes to employees who work with overseas clients.
Synonyms
- tonguea mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- speechthe act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- dialectthe usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Collocations
- Easy foreign languagedescribing foreign language (of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own))
- Medium body languageto body language, meaning to invest with or as with a body; give body to
- Hard language proficiency requirementdescribing language proficiency requirement (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
- Very Hard flowery languagedescribing flowery language (of or relating to or suggestive of flowers)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.