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VOCABULARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vocabulary mean?
• VOCABULARY (noun)
The noun VOCABULARY has 3 senses:
1. a listing of the words used in some enterprise
2. a language user's knowledge of words
3. the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts)
Familiarity information: VOCABULARY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A listing of the words used in some enterprise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vocabulary" is a kind of...):
wordbook (a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A language user's knowledge of words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
lexicon; mental lexicon; vocabulary
Hypernyms ("vocabulary" is a kind of...):
cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
Holonyms ("vocabulary" is a part of...):
language; speech (the mental faculty or power of vocal communication)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques
Hypernyms ("vocabulary" is a kind of...):
frame; frame of reference (a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Context examples
Miss Ingram had, and she ran over its vocabulary with an air.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to death diagnosis.
(Death Diagnosis Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to device to subject relationship.
(Device to Subject Relationship Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
The older group had a significantly larger vocabulary than the younger adults.
(Exercise May Help Seniors with Word, Memory Problems, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But as I began to add to my knowledge, and to my vocabulary, I saw something more in my experiences than mere pictures.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to pharmacogenomics.
(Pharmacogenomics Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to physical exam.
(Physical Exam Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to pharmacokientic parameters.
(Pharmacokinetic Parameters Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to pharmacokinetic concentration.
(Pharmacokinetic Concentration Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to device identifiers.
(Device Identifiers Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
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