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sublanguages

sublanguages is the plural of sublanguage.

Meaning of sublanguage

Noun

sublanguage (plural sublanguages)

  1. A subset of a language, in particular of a programming language.
    • DML is considered a sublanguage of SQL. It's concerned with manipulating data stored in the database. DML consists of four commonly used statements: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE.2015, Miguel Cebollero, Michael Coles, Jay Natarajan, Pro T-SQL Programmer's Guide, Apress, →ISBN, page 4
  2. A language restricted to a specific context, such as a particular subject area.
    • the sublanguage of weather bulletins

Questions about sublanguages

What is sublanguages the plural of?
Sublanguages is the plural of sublanguage.

Words near sublanguages in the dictionary

  1. sublanceolate
  2. sublancin
  3. sublandlord
  4. sublandlords
  5. sublanguage
  6. sublanguages
  7. sublanose
  8. sublaplacians
  9. sublapsarian
  10. sublapsarianism
  11. sublapsarians

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