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| THE STUDY OF HISTORICAL CHANGES IN THE MEANINGS OF WORDS |
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| CONFORMING TO ESTABLISHED USAGE IN SPEECH OR WRITING |
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| REFERRING TO WORDS AND LANGUAGE THAT WERE ONCE COMMON BUT NOW RARELY USED; ANCIENT |
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| THE INFORMAL VOCABULARY USED BY A PARTICULAR CLASS OR GROUP, SUCH AS CRIMINALS; A SECRET LANGUAGE |
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THE MENTAL CONNECTIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS SUGGESTED BY
A WORD THAT GOES BEYOND ITS LITERAL MEANING OR ITS
DICTIONARY DEFINITION |
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| THE EXACT MEANING OF A WORD |
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AN EXPRESSION HAVING A SPECIAL MEANING THAT IS NOT CLEAR FROM THE USUAL MEANING OF THE INDIVIDUAL WORDS IN THE EXPRESSION
EX: "IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS" |
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THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL VOCABULARY USED BY PEOPLE IN THE SAME PROFESSION OR FIELD
EX: COMPUTER JARGON;
HEALTH-CARE JARGON |
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| HIGHLY INFORMAL LANGUAGE THAT OCCURS MOST OFTEN IN CASUAL CONVERSATION |
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| THE NORMAL SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF A COUNTRY OR REGION; EVERYDAY SPEECH |
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