natural language

[nach-er-uhl lang-gwigzh, nach-ruhl] / ˈnætʃ ər əl ˈlæŋ gwɪgʒ, ˈnætʃ rəl /

NOUN

human language

Synonyms

WEAK

lingua spoken language tongue written language

Example Sentences

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Now it’s based on natural language, providing context, expressing intent and thinking critically.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The AI chatbots received carefully written natural language instructions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026

About 17.8% of businesses reported using any form of AI—including machine learning, natural language processing, virtual agents, and voice recognition—in December, according to the Census Bureau’s Business Trends and Outlook Survey External link.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

As an MIT computer-science professor, Regina Barzilay was used to living on the bleeding edge of innovation, teaching computers to understand words in the nascent field of natural language processing.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

An analogy to natural language illustrates the point.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee