vocabulary

vo*cab*u*lary

noun

{bc}a list or collection of words or of words and phrases usually alphabetically arranged and explained or defined {bc}{sx|lexicon||}

vocabulary entry

noun

{bc}a word (such as the noun {it}book{/it}), hyphenated or open compound (such as the verb {it}book-match{/it} or the noun {it}book review{/it}), word element (such as the affix {it}pro-{/it}), abbreviation (such as {it}agt{/it}), verbalized symbol (such as {it}Na{/it}), or term (such as {it}man in the street{/it}) entered alphabetically in a dictionary for the purpose of definition or identification or expressly included as an inflected form (such as the noun {it}mice{/it} or the verb {it}saw{/it}) or as a derived form (such as the noun {it}godlessness{/it} or the adverb {it}globally{/it}) or related phrase (such as {it}one for the book{/it}) run on at its base word and usually set in a type (such as boldface) readily distinguishable from that of the lightface running text which defines, explains, or identifies the entry

International Scientific Vocabulary

noun

{bc}a part of the vocabulary of the sciences and other specialized studies that consists of words or other linguistic forms current in two or more languages and differing from New Latin in being adapted to the structure of the individual languages in which they appear

active vocabulary

noun

{bc}the words one regularly uses

not in someone's vocabulary

idiom

{bc}not a word that someone knows and uses

passive vocabulary

noun

{bc}the words one understands as distinguished from the words one actively uses