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- DictionaryVo·cab·u·lar·y/vōˈkabyəˌlerē/
noun
- 1. the body of words used in a particular language. Similar lexiconword stocklexis
- ▪ words used on a particular occasion or in a particular sphere: "the vocabulary of law"
- ▪ the body of words known to an individual person: "he had a wide vocabulary"
- ▪ a list of difficult or unfamiliar words with an explanation of their meanings, accompanying a piece of specialist or foreign-language text. Similar wordbookdictionaryword listwordfinderglossarylexiconconcordancethesaurus
- ▪ a range of artistic or stylistic forms, techniques, or movements: "dance companies have their own vocabularies of movement"
Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting a list of words with definitions or translations): from medieval Latin vocabularius, from Latin vocabulum (see vocable).
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