Meaning of in someone's vocabulary | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A concept that (someone) would normally consider.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, vocabulary.

Examples

“Sin is a word which occurs scantily in his vocabulary. Crime was what horrified him, an offence against God because it was an offence against man and especially against children.”

“Failure, however, was not in his vocabulary.”

“It was back-breaking work, but “unemployment” wasn't in my vocabulary, and as long as I could work, I would.”

“Black would soon learn that the word "impossible" was not in Gillie's vocabulary".”

“Although John has equivalent terms in French and English for some items, he knows some words only in English, and other words only in French, with no equivalent English word in his vocabulary.”

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