Englishfor English speakers
language
Noun
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A language is all the words used by a group of people, and grammar (the rules for making them into sentences). People who speak the same language can understand each other; people speaking different languages cannot understand each other.
The English language has easy grammar but difficult spelling and pronunciation.
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Language is the usage of words in a specific subject, the vocabulary of the subject.
This document is written in legal language, only lawyers can understand it.
There is a special chemistry language that you need to use when answering questions in the chemistry examinations.
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Language is the special usage of words in a passage of text.
The language in this document is very offensive and biased.
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A language refers to computer language, a group of code that tells a computer or machine what to do.
There are many programming languages out there, it really depends on what kind of software that you are trying to create.
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A language is a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ, a languet.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
united
Adjective
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I some things (two or more) are united they are together. These act as one thing. This is often used for people of groups of people.
We are united in our goals.
John as Sue were united in holy matrimony (marriage) last week.
We stand united against our enemies.
States
properNoun
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(historical, US) Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
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(Channel Islands) The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.