vocabulary

«vocabulary» in Mova's school dictionary: all the words a person knows or uses — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a vocabulary, vocabularies — usually singular)

meaning for a pupil

1) Vocabulary is all the words a person knows or uses. tree →

2) The vocabulary of a language or subject is all the words in it, or the special words used in it: maths vocabulary. tree →

3) A vocabulary can be a list of words with their meanings, used for learning, especially a foreign language. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English and language lessons, children build their vocabulary by reading and learning new words; in maths, vocabulary words include sum, difference, product and quotient. In everyday life, reading widely grows your vocabulary. Phrases: build your vocabulary, a wide vocabulary, vocabulary list, key vocabulary.

examples

• Reading lots of books helps you build your vocabulary. tree →
• Our French vocabulary test is on Friday. tree →
• «Sum» and «product» are maths vocabulary. tree →
• She has a big vocabulary for her age. tree →
• Learn the new science vocabulary at the back of the book. tree →
• A baby's vocabulary grows quickly. tree →
• Write each vocabulary word in a sentence. tree →

note

Usually uncountable or singular: «a wide vocabulary», «my vocabulary». Informal short form: «vocab». Spelling: vo-CAB-u-lar-y. Each word is one item of vocabulary; «vocabulary» is not the word itself.

In the corpora

• Audiobooks build vocabulary, understanding and a love of stories, but they do not practise reading printed words, so children use both.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vocabulary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.