natural language

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

noun

1. 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.

2. 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

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of natural language¹

First recorded in 1770–75 natural language fordef 1; 1960–65 natural language fordef 2

Example Sentences

My assumption is that natural language processing models deal with the common cases like these without additional help.

From Search Engine Land

The user experience in both vehicles stood out from the crowd, particularly due to the extremely effective natural language voice recognition.

From Ars Technica

These natural language models are powering more accurate search results and more sophisticated chatbots and virtual assistants, leading to better user experiences and creating value for businesses.

From MIT Technology Review

Descript, which builds tools that let creators edit audio and video files by using, for example, natural language processing to link the content to the editing of text files, has picked up $30 million in a Series B round of funding.

From TechCrunch

The software is just one of many so-called natural language processing systems that are getting better at writing coherent sentences and analyzing documents.

From Fortune

As to what degree the brain has a natural language, there are more questions and answers.

From The Daily Beast

Now she was awake; her dream was over, and the natural language of the man was still ringing in her ears!

From Project Gutenberg

Her natural language, Masson tells us, was the Corsican patois.

From Project Gutenberg

Then they, hearing him speak in Greek, which was their natural language, became the more tender-hearted towards him.

From Project Gutenberg

The fundamental fact is that for him Scots was the natural language of the emotions, English of the intellect.

From Project Gutenberg

The pictorial illustrations show the location of each of the phrenological organs and their natural language.

From Project Gutenberg