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Ricky06 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of the word 'vocabulary'

0 I know that "vocabulary" means all the words which exist in a particular langauge. However, it seems that many people use it to mean a new or difficult word. Even in English learning sites, I can see sentences like:02br
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00 A list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Ricky0612cite 10 I know that "vocabulary" means all the words which exist in a particular langauge. However, it seems that many people use it to mean a new or difficult word. 12br 10Ricky12br 12blockquote 10Hi Ricky06,02br 02br 00I don't think "vocabulary" means a new or difficult word.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Ricky0612cite 10 I know that "vocabulary" means all the words which exist in a particular langauge.
  • However, it seems that many people use it to mean a new or difficult word.
  • 12br 10Ricky12br 12blockquote 10Hi Ricky06,02br 02br 00I don't think "vocabulary" means a new or difficult word.
  • It is just a collection of words or phrases.
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01cite10Ricky0612cite10 I know that "vocabulary" means all the words which exist in a particular langauge. However, it seems that many people use it to mean a new or difficult word. 12br
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01cite10Ricky0612cite10I know that "vocabulary" means all the words which exist in a particular langauge. However, it seems that many people use it to mean a new or difficult word. Even in English learning sites, I can see sentences like:12br
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01cite10Nef12cite10Both of you are right about one meaning of vocabulary. But vocabulary can also be more specific. Individuals have vocabularies. Also, there are vocabularies associated with many areas of work, study, entertainment, and so on. Think of the vocabulary associated with art, medicine, sports, information technology, m
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0 Thank you, Rodrook. That helps clarify things for me, too. 0-
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0 and vocabulary means word knowledge. 0-
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01cite10Rodrook12cite10 11b10vocabulary12b12br
10 1 [uncountable and countable] 10all the words that someone knows or uses12br
102 [countable]10all the words in a particular language12br
10 3 [uncountable and countable]10the words that are typically used when talking ab
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Ezra is writing on the keyboard. for example, Arial Bold is 12 sizes?
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Hi,

Simply put, it means 'a set of words'.

eg Tom's vocabulary is poor.
eg English has a large vocabulary.
eg Computer analysts use a special technical vocabulary.

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i speak it natively and no, it changes because u put the word common or commonly (i forgot wich it was)
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