NATURAL LANGUAGE Definition & Meaning

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natural language

[ nach-er-uhl lang-gwigzh, nach-ruhl ]

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a language used as a native tongue by a group of speakers, as Arabic, English, Mandarin, etc.:
Natural languages reflect cultural values like honesty or diplomacy in the manner and tone by which they communicate information.
a language that has developed and evolved naturally, through use by human beings, as opposed to an invented or constructed language, as a computer programming language (often used attributively): The search engine will return accurate results for keyword searches and natural language queries. Compare artificial language ( def ).
Natural language is characterized by ambiguity that artificial intelligence struggles to interpret.
The search engine will return accurate results for keyword searches and natural language queries.

natural language

a language that has evolved naturally as a means of communication among people Compare artificial language formal language
languages of this kind considered collectively

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