English vocabulary
Language's word collection
English vocabulary refers to the total stock of words in the English language, or the subset known by a particular speaker or group.
A child's vocabulary grows through exposure; an adult's vocabulary may include tens of thousands of words.
Vocabulary also describes words specific to a field: legal vocabulary, medical vocabulary.
To expand one's vocabulary is to learn new words.
- nounWord naming something
- formalFollowing strict protocol
- verbAction-expressing word
- adjectiveNoun-describing word type
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
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