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vocabulary

noun
/və(ʊ)ˈkæb.jʊ.lə.ɹɪ/UK/voʊˈkæb.jəˌlɛ.ɹi/US/vo(ː)ˈkab.jʊ.lɛ.ɹi/CA/voˈkjab.(ɪ).lɛ.ɹɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin voc(ā) Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Latin -bulum Latin vocābulum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -ārius Latin -ārium Medieval Latin vocābulāriumlbor. English vocabulary Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.

  1. derived from vocabulary Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium
  2. derived from *-āsjos Latin -ārius Latin -ārium Medieval Latin vocābulāriumlbor✻
  3. derived from -bulum Latin vocābulum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder
  4. derived from *-dʰlomder✻
  5. derived from *wokʷ-der✻
  6. derived from *wekʷ-der✻

Definitions

  1. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or…

    A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.

  2. The collection of words a person knows and uses.

    • My Russian vocabulary is very limited.

  3. The stock of words used in a particular field.

    • The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The words of a language collectively

      The words of a language collectively; lexis.

      • 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.

    2. A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.

The neighborhood

Derived

active vocabulary, controlled vocabulary, defining vocabulary, extended vocabulary, in someone's vocabulary, international scientific vocabulary, vocabulary word, working vocabulary

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vocabulary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vocabulary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at vocabulary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA