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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vocabulary \Vo*cab"u*la*ry\, n.; pl {Vocabularies}. [LL.
vocabularium vocabularius: cf F. vocabulaire See
{Vocable}.]
1. A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical
order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a
whole language, a single work or author, a branch of
science, or the like a word-book.
2. A sum or stock of words employed.
His vocabulary seems to have been no larger than was
necessary for the transaction of business.
--Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vocabulary
n 1: a listing of the words used in some enterprise
2: a language user's knowledge of words [syn: {lexicon}, {mental
lexicon}]
3: the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of
expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide
vocabulary of techniques"
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