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noun

the language into which a text is to be translated from another language. Compare source language ( def 1 ).

a language, especially a foreign language, that one is in the process of learning. Compare source language ( def 2 ).

Origin:
1950–55

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—n
1.	the language into which a text, document, etc, is translated
2.	a language that is being or is to be learnt

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