Слово англійською: vocabulary

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vocabulary

noun
/vəˈkæbjəleri/
(plural vocabularies)
  1. [countable, uncountable] all the words that a person knows or uses
    • to have a wide/limited vocabulary
    • your active vocabulary (= the words that you use)
    • your passive vocabulary (= the words that you understand but don’t use)
    • Reading will increase your vocabulary.
    Synonyms languagelanguagevocabulary terms wording terminologyThese are all terms for the words and expressions people use when they speak or write, or for a particular style of speaking or writing.language a particular style of speaking or writing:
    • Give your instructions in everyday language.
    • the language of the legal profession
    vocabulary all the words that a person knows or uses, or all the words in a particular language; the words that people use when they are talking about a particular subject:
    • to have a wide/​limited vocabulary
    • The word has become part of advertising vocabulary.
    terms a way of expressing yourself or of saying something:
    • I’ll try to explain in simple terms.
    wording [usually sing.] the words that are used in a piece of writing or speech, especially when they have been carefully chosen:
    • It was the standard form of wording for a consent letter.
    terminology (rather formal) the set of technical words or expressions used in a particular subject:
    • medical terminology
    • Scientists are constantly developing new terminologies.
    Literary/​poetic terminology is used for talking about literature or poetry. Literary/​poetic language is used for writing in a literary or poetic style.
    Patterns
    • formal/​informal/​everyday language/​vocabulary/​terms
    • business/​scientific/​technical/​specialized language/​vocabulary/​terminology
    • A word enters the language/​the vocabulary.
    see also defining vocabulary
  2. [countable] all the words in a particular language
    • When did the word ‘bungalow’ first enter the vocabulary?
    Synonyms languagelanguagevocabulary terms wording terminologyThese are all terms for the words and expressions people use when they speak or write, or for a particular style of speaking or writing.language a particular style of speaking or writing:
    • Give your instructions in everyday language.
    • the language of the legal profession
    vocabulary all the words that a person knows or uses, or all the words in a particular language; the words that people use when they are talking about a particular subject:
    • to have a wide/​limited vocabulary
    • The word has become part of advertising vocabulary.
    terms a way of expressing yourself or of saying something:
    • I’ll try to explain in simple terms.
    wording [usually sing.] the words that are used in a piece of writing or speech, especially when they have been carefully chosen:
    • It was the standard form of wording for a consent letter.
    terminology (rather formal) the set of technical words or expressions used in a particular subject:
    • medical terminology
    • Scientists are constantly developing new terminologies.
    Literary/​poetic terminology is used for talking about literature or poetry. Literary/​poetic language is used for writing in a literary or poetic style.
    Patterns
    • formal/​informal/​everyday language/​vocabulary/​terms
    • business/​scientific/​technical/​specialized language/​vocabulary/​terminology
    • A word enters the language/​the vocabulary.
  3. [uncountable, countable] the words that people use when they are talking about a particular subject
    • The word has become part of advertising vocabulary.
    Synonyms languagelanguagevocabulary terms wording terminologyThese are all terms for the words and expressions people use when they speak or write, or for a particular style of speaking or writing.language a particular style of speaking or writing:
    • Give your instructions in everyday language.
    • the language of the legal profession
    vocabulary all the words that a person knows or uses, or all the words in a particular language; the words that people use when they are talking about a particular subject:
    • to have a wide/​limited vocabulary
    • The word has become part of advertising vocabulary.
    terms a way of expressing yourself or of saying something:
    • I’ll try to explain in simple terms.
    wording [usually sing.] the words that are used in a piece of writing or speech, especially when they have been carefully chosen:
    • It was the standard form of wording for a consent letter.
    terminology (rather formal) the set of technical words or expressions used in a particular subject:
    • medical terminology
    • Scientists are constantly developing new terminologies.
    Literary/​poetic terminology is used for talking about literature or poetry. Literary/​poetic language is used for writing in a literary or poetic style.
    Patterns
    • formal/​informal/​everyday language/​vocabulary/​terms
    • business/​scientific/​technical/​specialized language/​vocabulary/​terminology
    • A word enters the language/​the vocabulary.
  4. (also informal vocab
    /ˈvəʊkæb/
    )
[countable] a list of words with their meanings, especially in a book for learning a foreign language
  • Write it down in your vocab book.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a list of words with definitions or translations): from medieval Latin vocabularius, from Latin vocabulum, from vocare ‘call’.
Idioms
not in somebody's vocabulary
  1. not something that somebody understands
    • The word ‘failure’ is not in his vocabulary (= for him, failure does not exist).
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