Meaning of vocabulary | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
   countable, uncountable
2. language (the ability to communicate using words)
3. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning
4. The collection of words a person knows and uses.
   countable, uncountable
5. language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community)
6. The collection of words a person knows and uses
7. The stock of words used in a particular field.
   countable, uncountable
8. language (the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way)
9. The stock of words used in a particular field
10. The words of a language collectively; lexis
11. The words of a language collectively; lexis.
    countable, uncountable
12. A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques
13. A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
    broadly, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“My Russian vocabulary is very limited.”

“The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.”

“The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.”

“Vocabulary provides a foundation from which grammar, phonology, and morphology emerge, and in a subject area it provides access to conceptual knowledge. Vocabulary selection for pedagogical purposes is therefore crucial.”

CEFR level