Vocabulary

Vocabulary List Number 386 v.0.6 with 34 elements integrated in 4 chapters with 17 definitions, 2 synonyms and 15 examples. Updated at June 20, 2026.

    1. Head Definitions

1. Cambridge: vocabulary 1 |n| all the words known and used by a particular person. (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)
2. Cambridge: vocabulary 2 |n| all the words that exist in a particular language or subject. (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)
3. Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: vocabulary 1 |n| all the words of a language. (From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. June 18, 2026.)
4. Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: vocabulary 2 |n| the sum of words used by, understood by, or at the command of a particular person or group. (From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. June 18, 2026.)
5. Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: vocabulary 3 |n| list of words and often phrases, usually arranged alphabetically and defined or translated; a lexicon or glossary. (From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. June 18, 2026.)
6. Oxford: vocabulary 1 |n| the body of words used in a particular language. (From Oxford Dictionary. June 19, 2026)
7. Oxford: vocabulary 2 |n| the words used in a particular subject or sphere of activity or on a particular occasion: the vocabulary of law [mass noun] the term became part of business vocabulary. (From Oxford Dictionary. June 19, 2026)
8. Oxford: vocabulary 3 |n| the body of words known to an individual person: he had a wide vocabulary. (From Oxford Dictionary. June 19, 2026)
9.  Oxford: vocabulary 4 |n| a list of difficult or unfamiliar words with an explanation of their meanings, accompanying a piece of specialist or foreign-language text. (From Oxford Dictionary. June 19, 2026)

 

     2. Examples

1. "I have to say, I don't have much time for the pseudy vocabulary of wine snobs. (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)
2. "The vocabulary of the law." (From wordreference.com. Dec 14, 2024.)
3. "By the age of two a child will have a vocabulary of about two hundred words." (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)
4. "His French vocabulary is rather limited." (from wordreference.com. Dec 14, 2024.)
5. "Every week our Spanish teacher gives us a list of vocabulary (= words) to learn. (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)
6. "The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing." (from wordreference.com. Dec 14, 2024)
7. "The English language is rich in vocabulary." (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)
8. "Study the vocabulary in the fourth chapter." (from wordreference.com. Dec 14, 2024)
9. "The course covers a wide range of vocabulary." (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)
10. "The vocabulary of Impressionism." (from wordreference.com. Dec 14, 2024)
11. "Focusing on some two thousand dialect expressions, it traces cultural and historical forces that have shaped speech regions and given them their characteristic vocabularies." (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)
12. "The character of children's vocabularies cannot be predicted solely on the basis of the words they hear and the concepts they possess." (From Cambridge Dictionary. June 20, 2026.)

 

   3. Main Definitions

1. 
   lexis / lexicon 1 |n| the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar. (from
   wordreference.com. Dec 14, 2024)
2. lexis / lexicon 2 |n| the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon. (from wordreference.com. Dec 14, 2024)
3. lexis / lexicon 3 |n| the vocabulary of a language, as distinct the totality of vocabulary items in a language, including all forms having lexical meaning or grammatical function. (from Collins Concise English Dictionary. Dec 14, 2024)
4.  glossary |n| a collection of glosses or explanations of words, especially of words not in general use, as those of a dialect, a locality, or an art or science, or of particular words used by an old or a foreign author; a vocabulary or dictionary of limited scope. (from The Century Dictionary. Dec 18, 2024)
   

    4. Terms Related

1. idiom 1 |n| a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 23, 2024)
2. idiom 2 |n| a group of words in a fixed order that has a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own. (from Cambridge Dictionary. Dec 23, 2024)
3. "Over the moon, see the light." (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 23, 2024)
4. To "have bitten off more than you can chew" is an idiom that means you have tried to do something which is too difficult for you. (from Cambridge Dictionary. Dec 23, 2024)
5. jargon / technical language 1 |n| special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understanding-entries. (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 20, 2024)
6. jargon / technical language 2 |n| is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. (from Wikipedia. Dec 20, 2024).
7. "Legal jargon." (from Oxford Dictionary. Dec 20, 2024)