vocabulary

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Noun

Singular vocabulary

Plural vocabularies

Tilo gungun kalmomi

Jam'i gungun kalmomi

1. (countable) A person's vocabulary is the words that person knows.
   • Synonym: lexicon

   Reading will help you increase your vocabulary.

   At about 18 months most children have a vocabulary of about 50 words.

2. (uncountable) Vocabulary is words with their meanings, especially to be studied.

   There's too much new vocabulary, and I had a hard time understanding it.

   We learned 10 new vocabulary words today.

3. (countable) A vocabulary is the set of particular words used by a group of people or for a specialized area.

   We use the vocabulary of network science in this article.

4. (countable) A vocabulary is the particular methods and techniques that artists and other people use to express their ideas.

   As a photographer, he uses a vocabulary of lines and angles.

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