vocabulary

/voʊˈkæbjəˌlɛri/

nounvo · cab · u · lar · y

Think: **VO**ice + **CAB** (taxi) + **U** + **LAR**ge + **Y**ou → *vocabulary* has **vo-cab-u-lar-y** in order.

Yes, it's vocabulary. Don’t drop the **u** after **cab**: it’s **vocab-u-** not *vocab-lary*.

Definitions

  1. nounthe words a person knows and uses
  2. nounthe set of words used in a particular subject, language, or field

Examples

  • “Reading every day can help you grow your vocabulary.”
  • “Science has its own vocabulary, like "hypothesis" and "variable."”
  • “She used a richer vocabulary in her essay than she did in her text messages.”

Synonyms

word banklexiconword listterminologylanguage

Translations

ES vocabularioPT vocabulárioFR vocabulaire

Common misspellings

vocabularievocabullaryvocabuleryvocabularyvocablularyvocabulareyvocabluary

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