Meaning of VOCABULARY
Pronunciation: | | vow'kabyu`leree
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- [n] a language user's knowledge of words
- [n] the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"
- [n] a listing of the words used in some enterprise
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| Synonyms: | | lexicon, mental lexicon |
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| See Also: | | cognition, frame of reference, knowledge, language, noesis, speech, wordbook | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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3. (Mil.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops
together; as, to beat the general.
4. (Eccl.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the
houses or congregations under the same rule.
5. The public; the people; the vulgar. [Obs.] --Shak.
{In general}, in the main; for the most part.
\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.
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