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TARGET LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does target language mean? 

TARGET LANGUAGE (noun)
  The noun TARGET LANGUAGE has 2 senses:

1. the language into which a text written in another language is to be translatedplay

2. a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translatedplay

  Familiarity information: TARGET LANGUAGE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TARGET LANGUAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

object language; target language

Hypernyms ("target language" is a kind of...):

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

object language; target language

Hypernyms ("target language" is a kind of...):

programing language; programming language ((computer science) a language designed for programming computers)


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