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vocabulary

[ voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee ]

noun

plural vocabularies.
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. the words of a language.
  4. any collection of signs or symbols constituting a means or system of nonverbal communication:

    vocabulary of a computer.

  5. any more or less specific group of forms characteristic of an artist, a style of art, architecture, or the like.


vocabulary

/ ±¹É™Ëˆ°ìæ²úÂáÊŠ±ôÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. a listing, either selective or exhaustive, containing the words and phrases of a language, with meanings or translations into another language; glossary
  2. the aggregate of words in the use or comprehension of a specified person, class, profession, etc
  3. all the words contained in a language
  4. 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

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vocabulary1

1525–35; < Medieval Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå²ú³Ü±ôÄå°ù¾±³Ü³¾, noun use of neuter of ±¹´Ç³¦Äå²ú³Ü±ôÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ of words, equivalent to Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå²ú³Ü±ô ( um ) vocable + -Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ -ary
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vocabulary1

C16: from Medieval Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå²ú³Ü±ôÄå°ù¾±³Ü³¾, from ±¹´Ç³¦Äå²ú³Ü±ôÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ concerning words, from Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå²ú³Ü±ôum vocable
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It is, in the modern football vocabulary, 'a process'.

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When they do this often enough, the borrowed word "becomes part of their vocabulary", OED said.

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But the plays are rigorously composed works of art, availing themselves of a theatrical vocabulary that extends beyond photographic realism.

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Moreover, VOA’s programs in “Special English†— which present short stories as well as news by using a core vocabulary of 1,500 words — have taught English to people around the world for decades.

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In whatever discipline Beckett happened to be working in, he reinvestigated not just the vocabulary but the grammar of that medium.

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