vocabulary
/voʊˈkæb.jəˌlɛɹ.i/ sustantivo A2En español: vocabulario, léxico
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses. · My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
- The stock of words used in a particular field. · The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
- The words of a language collectively; lexis. · The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
- A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
Plural vocabularies
De la biblioteca
The vocabulary of Bradshaw is nervous and terse, but limited.
Though reserved in its earlier vocabulary, it becomes, if I remember right, quite garrulous towards the end.” He picked the volume from his desk.
“Why, I made a vocabulary of the words I knew; turned, returned, and arranged them, so as to enable me to express my thoughts through their medium.
As we have said, he perfectly understood the old man’s vocabulary, and if he did not use it more often, it was only indifference and ennui which prevented him from so doing.
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