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vocabulary noun [ və(ʊ)ˈkabjʊləri ]

• the body of words used in a particular language.
• "a comparison of the vocabularies of different languages"
Similar: lexicon, word stock, lexis,
• a range of artistic or stylistic forms, techniques, or movements.
• "dance companies have their own vocabularies of movement"
Origin: mid 16th century (denoting a list of words with definitions or translations): from medieval Latin vocabularius, from Latin vocabulum (see vocable).


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