Vocabulary
noun
The set of words that a person knows or uses.
My English vocabulary has grown since I started learning the language.
Often appears as...
- expand vocabulary
- extensive vocabulary
noun
The words used in a particular subject, profession, or job.
It's important to learn the vocabulary unique to the medical field.
Often appears as...
- technical vocabulary
- specialized vocabulary
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The range of artistic techniques or expressions available to a particular medium or artist.
The painter had a wide vocabulary of techniques that made her work unique.
Often appears as...
- artistic vocabulary
- painter's vocabulary
Usage tips
Artistic
noun
The set of words that a person knows or uses.
My English vocabulary has grown since I started learning the language.
Often appears as...
- expand vocabulary
- extensive vocabulary
noun
The words used in a particular subject, profession, or job.
It's important to learn the vocabulary unique to the medical field.
Often appears as...
- technical vocabulary
- specialized vocabulary
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The range of artistic techniques or expressions available to a particular medium or artist.
The painter had a wide vocabulary of techniques that made her work unique.
Often appears as...
- artistic vocabulary
- painter's vocabulary
Usage tips
Artistic
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Pro Tip 1/3Use Frequency
Prioritize learning high-frequency words to quickly boost your everyday language abilities.
Knowing high-frequency vocabulary helps in daily conversations.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Families
Study related words together to easily expand your vocabulary, such as 'write', 'writer', 'written'.
I learned a whole family of vocabulary related to 'art'.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Words may have different meanings in various contexts, so pay attention to how they are used.
The vocabulary item 'mouse' can mean an animal or a computer device.
Pro Tip 1/3Use Frequency
Prioritize learning high-frequency words to quickly boost your everyday language abilities.
Knowing high-frequency vocabulary helps in daily conversations.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Families
Study related words together to easily expand your vocabulary, such as 'write', 'writer', 'written'.
I learned a whole family of vocabulary related to 'art'.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Words may have different meanings in various contexts, so pay attention to how they are used.
The vocabulary item 'mouse' can mean an animal or a computer device.
Pro Tip 1/3Use Frequency
Prioritize learning high-frequency words to quickly boost your everyday language abilities.
Knowing high-frequency vocabulary helps in daily conversations.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Families
Study related words together to easily expand your vocabulary, such as 'write', 'writer', 'written'.
I learned a whole family of vocabulary related to 'art'.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Words may have different meanings in various contexts, so pay attention to how they are used.
The vocabulary item 'mouse' can mean an animal or a computer device.
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Electrical experiments...
which is rare, and it's carnivorous, which is also rare. And this is in the same plant. But I'm here today to tell you that's not even the coolest thing about this plant. The coolest thing is that the plant can count. So in order to show that, we have to get some vocabulary out of the way.
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Where do new words come...
with English lending words like software to languages all over the world. Another popular way to fill a vocabulary gap is by combining existing words that each convey part of the new concept. This can be done by combining two whole words into a compound word, like airport or starfish,
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What makes a language......
Each has its own unique history and characteristic pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical structures. But the dividing line between varieties is murky. Human language, in all its cross-pollinating, ever-evolving glory, naturally resists the impulse to sort it into neat buckets.
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Owning your digital DNA...
my private digital life and the result stunned me basically when we looked at the data at my data we started to see patterns so the way I type the mistakes I make that I mean the typos the way I move the mouse everything the routes I'm taking every day the vocabulary I use in
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How language shapes the...
Some languages have different sounds, they have different vocabularies, and they also have different structures -- very importantly, different structures. That begs the Does the language we speak shape the way we think? Now, this is an ancient question.
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Erika Larsen: The...
It was from him that I could finally begin to get answers about my initial question. Were there people that could interpret nature's landscape? And not only did the Sami language itself have deep, deep and rich vocabulary to describe the natural world,
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Magical houses, made of...
The tried-and-true, well-crafted formulas and vocabulary of architecture do not apply here. We have had to invent our own rules. We ask the bamboo what it's good at, what it wants to become, and what it says respect it, design for its strengths,
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Lost Elephant Calf Cries...
rich in meaning and that one way to help is to listen to what they're saying today she's adding to her vocabulary and to get a better view of the clearing she's working from a viewing platform
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Where did English come...
But comparative linguistics can help us by focusing on grammatical structure, patterns of sound changes, and certain core vocabulary. For example, after the 6th century,
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Incredible Orangutan...
that he works with now aids astonishing accuracy demonstrates not just a strong grasp of syntax and vocabulary but a razor-sharp long-term memory
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Electrical experiments...
which is rare, and it's carnivorous, which is also rare. And this is in the same plant. But I'm here today to tell you that's not even the coolest thing about this plant. The coolest thing is that the plant can count. So in order to show that, we have to get some vocabulary out of the way.
Video examples
Where do new words come...
with English lending words like software to languages all over the world. Another popular way to fill a vocabulary gap is by combining existing words that each convey part of the new concept. This can be done by combining two whole words into a compound word, like airport or starfish,
Video examples
What makes a language......
Each has its own unique history and characteristic pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical structures. But the dividing line between varieties is murky. Human language, in all its cross-pollinating, ever-evolving glory, naturally resists the impulse to sort it into neat buckets.
Video examples
Owning your digital DNA...
my private digital life and the result stunned me basically when we looked at the data at my data we started to see patterns so the way I type the mistakes I make that I mean the typos the way I move the mouse everything the routes I'm taking every day the vocabulary I use in
Video examples
How language shapes the...
Some languages have different sounds, they have different vocabularies, and they also have different structures -- very importantly, different structures. That begs the Does the language we speak shape the way we think? Now, this is an ancient question.
Video examples
Erika Larsen: The...
It was from him that I could finally begin to get answers about my initial question. Were there people that could interpret nature's landscape? And not only did the Sami language itself have deep, deep and rich vocabulary to describe the natural world,
Video examples
Magical houses, made of...
The tried-and-true, well-crafted formulas and vocabulary of architecture do not apply here. We have had to invent our own rules. We ask the bamboo what it's good at, what it wants to become, and what it says respect it, design for its strengths,
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Lost Elephant Calf Cries...
rich in meaning and that one way to help is to listen to what they're saying today she's adding to her vocabulary and to get a better view of the clearing she's working from a viewing platform
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Where did English come...
But comparative linguistics can help us by focusing on grammatical structure, patterns of sound changes, and certain core vocabulary. For example, after the 6th century,
Video examples
Incredible Orangutan...
that he works with now aids astonishing accuracy demonstrates not just a strong grasp of syntax and vocabulary but a razor-sharp long-term memory
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Jean-Michel Jarre
French Musician
With the violin, for example, one understands culturally that the sound comes from the instrument that can be seen. With electronic music, it is not the same at all. That's why it seemed so important to me, from the beginning of my career, to invent a grammar, a visual vocabulary adapted to electronic music.
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Jim Crace
English Writer
My dad didn't have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in 'Harvest,' I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can.
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Gabourey Sidibe
American Actress
All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made up of things that other people say. I started making fun of them and imitating them and now that's how I speak.
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Ruskin Bond
Indian Author
Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should be your poetry when you write.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
How could this world be so unlike the world that I believed I was living in? I can't describe it. Do I not want to describe it, or do I simply not possess the vocabulary?
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Lil Baby
American Musician
I've grown, and my passion for music has grown. I've become more advanced and I've enhanced my vocabulary. All around artist development.
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Kiernan Shipka
American Actress
I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio.
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Phyllis Smith
American Actress
I wish I had paid more attention in my psych class in college. I would've had a broader vocabulary to draw from.
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Trevor Paglen
American Artist
I want to help develop a visual and cultural vocabulary around surveillance.
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Niko Kovac
Croatian Athlete
The words 'give up,' 'raise the white flag' do not exist in my vocabulary.
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Jean-Michel Jarre
French Musician
With the violin, for example, one understands culturally that the sound comes from the instrument that can be seen. With electronic music, it is not the same at all. That's why it seemed so important to me, from the beginning of my career, to invent a grammar, a visual vocabulary adapted to electronic music.
Quote examples
Jim Crace
English Writer
My dad didn't have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in 'Harvest,' I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can.
Quote examples
Gabourey Sidibe
American Actress
All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made up of things that other people say. I started making fun of them and imitating them and now that's how I speak.
Quote examples
Ruskin Bond
Indian Author
Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should be your poetry when you write.
Quote examples
Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
How could this world be so unlike the world that I believed I was living in? I can't describe it. Do I not want to describe it, or do I simply not possess the vocabulary?
Quote examples
Lil Baby
American Musician
I've grown, and my passion for music has grown. I've become more advanced and I've enhanced my vocabulary. All around artist development.
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Kiernan Shipka
American Actress
I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio.
Quote examples
Phyllis Smith
American Actress
I wish I had paid more attention in my psych class in college. I would've had a broader vocabulary to draw from.
Quote examples
Trevor Paglen
American Artist
I want to help develop a visual and cultural vocabulary around surveillance.
Quote examples
Niko Kovac
Croatian Athlete
The words 'give up,' 'raise the white flag' do not exist in my vocabulary.
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