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official language

noun

Definitions

  1. A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other…

    A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.

    • A lot of multilingual countries promote an official language, but the United States has never done so with English. In fact, the US has no official language.
    • President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order naming English the official language of the United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for official language. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA