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Webster 1913 Edition
Vocabulary
Vo-cab′u-la-ry
(vō̍-kăb′ū̍-lā̍-ry̆)
, Noun.
pl.
Vocabularies
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. 1.
A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.
2.
A sum or stock of words employed.
His
vocabulary
seems to have been no larger than was necessary for the transaction of business. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vocabulary
VOCAB'ULARY
,Noun.
A list or collection of the words of a language, arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary_webster1828 or lexicon. We often use vocabulary in a sense somewhat different from that of dictionary_webster1828, restricting the signification to the list of words; as when we say, the vocabulary of Johnson is more full or extensive than that of Entick. We rarely use the word as synonymous with dictionary_webster1828, but in the other countries the corresponding word is used and this may be so used in English.
Definition 2024
vocabulary
vocabulary
English
Noun
vocabulary (countable and uncountable, plural vocabularies)
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses.
- My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
- The stock of words used in a particular field.
- The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
- The words of a language collectively.
- The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
- A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques
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list of words
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set of words a person knows
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stock of words used in a particular field
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words of a language collectively
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