vocabulary

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The set of words a person knows and uses.

   My Russian vocabulary is very limited.

2. 2
   noun

   All the words of a language.

   The vocabulary of any language is shaped by contact with other cultures.

3. 3
   noun

   The set of words used in a particular subject or field.

   Medical vocabulary can be hard for ordinary people to understand.

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.

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