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Meaning of expressive language | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi ilmaisukieli

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Expressively Expressiveness expressivism expressivist expressivity Expressly

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