Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expressive language

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pres-sive lan-guage
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Language in any of a number of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Receptive language is the phrases and vocabulary that we understand, whereas expressive language is what we actually use."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does expressive language mean?: Language in any of a number of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing.

How to pronounce expressive language

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