alien language

collocation in English

meaningsofalienandlanguage

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alien
adjective
uk
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/us
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
relating to creatures from ...
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language
noun
uk
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofalienandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalien language

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The already beleaguered common worker was further entangled in thealienlanguageof rules and regulations to fight for his rights.
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If thealienlanguagecontaining these concepts is translatable into our language, then its conceptual scheme and causal explanations are not significantly different from our own.
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It is analienlanguageto them, but we are trying to tutor them.
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Only when in the presence of humans can thealienlanguagebe heard, to stress that the humans can not understand what is being said.
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The makers came up with their ownalienlanguage.
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They spoke an "alienlanguage" of their own invention.
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He had written approximately thirty words for thisalienlanguagebut wanted a linguist to create the language in full.
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The robots can also speak their ownalienlanguagesounding like what seems to be based on different pitches and frequencies.
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To find a way out, he learns thealienlanguageand tries to get the other prisoners to trust him.
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In addition to creating academic debate, the potential nature of analienlanguagehas also been tackled by science-fiction writers.
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She is seen practicing analienlanguagewith her hand puppet in the first episode of the anime.
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And as always, thealienlanguage, unmastered and struggled over, created a strange concatenation of distance and immediacy.
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It was quite analienlanguageto all others.
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The film is notable for the completeness of its depiction of a fictitious society, includingalienlanguage, flora, fauna, and social structures and practices.
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Although the terrain and atmosphere suit themselves best to earth, the vast majority of in-game text and glyphs are in the game's fictionalalienlanguage.
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Scout, at a control panel, and in analienlanguage, reports that he is prepared to return with his specimens.
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The possibility of future contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life has made the question of the structure and form of potentialalienlanguagea topic of scientific and philosophical discussion.
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Collis recalled how thealienlanguageresembled a flowing design more like hand writing than lettering, that looks almost like a heartbeat graph.
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A number of long-running franchises have taken the concept of analienlanguagebeyond that of a scripting device and have developed languages of their own.
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