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vocabulary
[ voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee ]
noun
- the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons:
His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing.
- a list or collection of the words or phrases of a language, technical field, etc., usually arranged in alphabetical order and defined:
Study the vocabulary in the fourth chapter.
- the words of a language.
- any collection of signs or symbols constituting a means or system of nonverbal communication:
vocabulary of a computer.
- any more or less specific group of forms characteristic of an artist, a style of art, architecture, or the like.
vocabulary
/ əˈæʊəɪ /
noun
- a listing, either selective or exhaustive, containing the words and phrases of a language, with meanings or translations into another language; glossary
- the aggregate of words in the use or comprehension of a specified person, class, profession, etc
- all the words contained in a language
- a range or system of symbols, qualities, or techniques constituting a means of communication or expression, as any of the arts or crafts
a wide vocabulary of textures and colours
Other Word Forms
- ·u·i adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of vocabulary1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vocabulary1
Example Sentences
Researchers also found no difference in school achievements between the three groups, but when given cognitive tests in reading, vocabulary and problem-solving, the group that slept the longest performed the best.
Reviewer David Kipen celebrated Wallace’s “stupendously high-toned vocabulary and gleeful low-comedy diction, coupled with a sense of syntax so elongated that he can seem to go for days without surfacing.”
Not really, but it did a nice job capturing the visual vocabulary and tone of the show.
Glaser said she predicts she and other historians will have to watch their vocabulary going forward as the Trump administration continues to apply financial pressure on them to conform to his policies.
It is, in the modern football vocabulary, 'a process'.
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