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vo·cab·u·lar·y 
[voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee] Pronunciation Key
[voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -lar·ies.
| 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. |
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| vo·cab·u·lar·y
(vō-kāb'yə-lěr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. vo·cab·u·lar·ies
[French vocabulaire, from Old French, from Medieval Latin vocābulārium, from neuter of vocābulārius, of words, from Latin vocābulum, name; see vocable.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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vocabulary
1532, "list of words with explanations," from M.L. vocabularium "a list of words," from L. vocabulum "word, name, noun," from vocare "to name, call" (see voice). Meaning "range of language of a person or group" is first attested 1753.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| vocabulary | |
noun | |
| 1. | a listing of the words used in some enterprise |
| 2. | a language user's knowledge of words |
| 3. | the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vocabulary
Vo*cab"u*la*ry\, n.; pl. Vocabularies. [LL. vocabularium, vocabularius: cf. F. vocabulaire. See Vocable.]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's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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