multilingualism
Americannoun
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the state or condition of being multilingual.
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a policy or approach that promotes the use of multiple languages.
Example Sentences
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Education Minister Abdelkrim Belabed said that no languages were being “targeted” in Algeria and noted that multilingualism was among the education system’s major achievements.
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023
For sustained multilingualism on the internet, machine translation models require large volumes of training data generated in two languages parallel to one another.
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2023
“As an institute, we believe in multilingualism, and the fact that the theater promotes its Hispanic heritage and its language is something that should be celebrated by all ethnic groups, and promoted as an example.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022
This approach gives younger students opportunities to build fluency and reap the add-on benefits of multilingualism even as they learn math, science and other subjects.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022
In the chapter about multilingualism, we will study the growth of non-English languages on the Internet.
From Multilingualism on the Web by Lebert, Marie
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