world language
Britishnoun
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a language spoken and known in many countries, such as English
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an artificial language for international use, such as Esperanto
Example Sentences
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In the United States, there is still no national standard for learning a world language, which is vastly different from how second languages are taught in some other countries.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026
Among the cuts are one-third of education department faculty and the entire world language department, although seven language teaching positions are being retained and students are being allowed to take some language courses as electives.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
Foremost Nigerian author Chinua Achebe put it best when he said: "The price a world language must be prepared to make is submission to different kinds of use."
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023
Because illiteracy tends to correlate with lack of schooling and thus the inability to speak a common world language, speech technology is not available to those who need it the most.
From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2021
But it began with the establishment of universal peace, which was demanded by the growing spirit of brotherly love, and assisted by commercial reciprocity and a world language.
From Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World by Cowan, James
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