vocabulary

3 definitions • 5 examples

all the words known and used by a particular person:

a wide/limited vocabulary

By the age of two a child will have a vocabulary of about two hundred words.

all the words that exist in a particular language or subject:

Every week our Spanish teacher gives us a list of vocabulary (= words) to learn.

Computing, like any subject, has its own vocabulary.

all the words used by a particular person, or all the words that exist in a particular language or subject:

[ C ] Reading helps to improve your vocabulary.