Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: vocabulary
IPA transcription: [voʊk'æbjəl,ɛɹi]
Pronunciations of vocabulary
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: vocabulary
    Meaning: a listing of the words used in some enterprise
  • Synonyms: vocabulary, lexicon, mental_lexicon
    Meaning: a language user's knowledge of words
  • Synonyms: vocabulary
    Meaning: the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"
Usage examples
  • None of them could speak Spanish, so we had provided ourselves with a vocabulary of Quichua.
  • When she came to him as a shy bride on trial, she knew no such word as love. Duty was her entire vocabulary, and she asked nothing and gave all.
  • All the ladies in Apex City were more voluble than Mrs. Fairford, and had a larger vocabulary: the difference was that with Mrs. Fairford conversation seemed to be a concert and not a solo.
  • Gipsy possessed a vocabulary for cat-swearing certainly second to none out of Italy, and probably equal to the best there, while Duke remembered and uttered things he had not thought of for years.
  • What will posterity do in face of the rising tide of a barbarous vocabulary which, under the pretence of progress, stifles real knowledge? It will relegate the whole business to the quagmire of oblivion.
  • Sometimes there would be talk about spies and informers, and then these people would exhaust their vocabulary of abuse, and Peter, of course, would apply every word of it to himself and become wild with anger.
  • But preparation goes beyond the getting of the facts in the case you are to present: it includes also the ability to think and arrange your thoughts, a full and precise vocabulary, an easy manner of speech and breathing, absence of self-consciousness, and the several other characteristics of efficient delivery that have deserved special attention in other parts of this book rather than in this chapter.
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