native+language

  • 31native — [[t]ne͟ɪtɪv[/t]] ♦♦♦ natives 1) ADJ: ADJ n Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. It was his first visit to his native country since 1948... Mother Teresa visited her native Albania. 2) N COUNT: N… …

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  • 32native — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 COUNTRY your native country, town etc is the place where you were born: a visit by the Pope to his native Poland | They never saw their native land again. 2 native New Yorker/Londoner/Californian etc a person who… …

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  • 33native — I UK [ˈneɪtɪv] / US adjective [only before noun] ** 1) a) living in a particular country, area, or city since birth My wife s a native New Yorker, but I m from Atlanta. Monique returns to her native France every summer. native land (= the country …

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  • 34native — na|tive1 [ neıtıv ] adjective only before noun ** 1. ) living in a particular country, area, or city since birth: My wife s a native New Yorker, but I m from Atlanta. Monique returns to her native France every summer. native land (=the country… …

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  • 35language, philosophy of — Philosophical study of the nature and use of natural languages and the relations between language, language users, and the world. It encompasses the philosophical study of linguistic meaning (see semantics), the philosophical study of language… …

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  • 36language — lan|guage W1S2 [ˈlæŋgwıdʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(English/French/Arabic etc)¦ 2¦(communication)¦ 3¦(style/type of words)¦ 4¦(computers)¦ 5¦(swearing)¦ 6 strong language 7¦(sounds/signs/actions)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: langue …

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  • 37language — n. linguistic system of communication 1) to use a language 2) to plan; standardize a language 3) to learn, master a language 4) to speak (in) a language 5) to butcher, murder; enrich; purify a language 6) (the) spoken; written language 7) one s… …

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  • 38language — noun 1 ENGLISH/FRENCH/ARABIC ETC (C, U) a system of communication by written or spoken words, which is used by the people of a particular country or area: the Japanese language | How many languages do you speak? | native language (=the first… …

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  • 39native*/ — [ˈneɪtɪv] adj I 1) living in a particular country or area since birth My wife s a native New Yorker, but I m from Atlanta.[/ex] After a long stay in England he s back in his native land (= the country that he was born in).[/ex] 2) native plants,… …

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  • 40native — /ˈneɪtɪv / (say naytiv) adjective 1. being the place or environment in which one was born or a thing came into being: one s native land. 2. (sometimes followed by to) belonging to a person or thing by birth or nature; inborn; inherent; natural:… …