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🗣️ Using language 🗣️ To express thoughts
to languaging

to languaging

8.7
To use words to share ideas and build understanding
  • verb
  • /ˈlæŋɡwədʒɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : expresar
  • She spent hours languaging her feelings to ensure he understood her perspective.

Examples

  • He believes that languaging his ideas clearly is essential for effective teamwork.

  • In therapy, they focus on languaging thoughts to improve communication skills.

  • So calibrate your languaging so your words to yourself are world class.

  • Someone very close to me who was a little sloppy with her languaging said, oh, I forgot to do this, punch myself in the face.

  • And like, I mean, his languaging might, if he says that was troubling, it might mean that it was very troubling or not troubling at all.

Synonyms

to languaged
vsto languaging
9.9

To express something in words

is a deliberate active process that builds understanding and thought through language

How Explicit

to articulate
85 4.4
to express
∞ 2.3
to languaging
  • Specialized
8.7
to say
∞ 1.0
to hint
136 2.0
to imply
367 3.5

Surface Forms

languaging infinitive
languaged past
languaged past participle
languaging present participle
languagings third person singular

Morphology

languaging = language (semi-transparent) = language + ing

The form is the regular '-ing' extension of the verb 'language', and the meaning is fairly predictable as an ongoing act of using language.

Etymology

Languaging comes from language, from the Latin lingua 'tongue'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture 'putting thoughts on the tongue' — languaging is using language to say, shape, and share your ideas.