Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in American Sign Language (ASL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
"he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it;
Similiar / Same: linguistic communication
Categories: communication
Within this category: artificial language, barrage, dead language, lingua franca, metalanguage, native language, natural language, object language, sign language, slanguage, source language, string of words, words
How to sign: a system of words used in a particular discipline
"legal terminology"; "the language of sociology";
Similiar / Same: terminology, nomenclature
Categories: word
Within this category: markup language, toponymy
How to sign: the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
"his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language";
Categories: text, textual matter
Within this category: love lyric