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.
history
Noun
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History is what happened in the past.
China has many old books about its history.
The restaurant is close to the city's history and art museums.
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History is the study of what happened in the past.
He is a professor of history.
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If somebody or something makes history, they do something very important that will not be forgotten.
She made history by becoming Africa's first elected female president.
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If somebody or something goes down in history, they are remembered by people because they were very important or well known.
She'll go down in history as one of our greatest writers.
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A history is a book recording things that have happened.
He was reading a history of Ancient Rome.
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If somebody or something has a history of something, it's very common for them.
She has a history of cheating on tests.
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If you say something is history, you mean it's finished, over, dead, or not important any more.
OK, that game's history.
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If you say the rest is history, you mean you don't have to tell about because everyone already knows.
They just happened to run into each other at the right time, and the rest is history.