NounSingular vocabulary Plural vocabularies vocabulary (plural vocabularies)
Derived termsCoordinate termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A person's vocabulary is the set of words they are familiar with in a language. A vocabulary usually grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Knowing and using a wordA vocabulary is defined as "all the words known and used by a particular person". However, the words known and used by a particular person do not constitute all the words a person is exposed to. By definition, a vocabulary includes the last two categories of this list:
Types of vocabularyListed in order of most ample to most limited: Reading vocabularyA person's reading vocabulary is all the words he or she can recognize when reading. This is the largest type of vocabulary simply because it includes the other three. Listening vocabularyA person's listening vocabulary is all the words he or she can recognize when listening to speech. This vocabulary is aided in size by context and tone of voice. Writing vocabularyA person's writing vocabulary is all the words he or she can employ in writing. Contrary to the previous two vocabulary types, the writing vocabulary is stimulated by its user. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What can I read to improve my vocabulary? Q. I'm over 30 and have a good vocabulary. I want to improve it, but the "improve your vocabulary" books I've found teach words out of context and are used only once in an example. What authors and newspapers consistently use a larger vocabulary? I might be able to better learn from those. Asked by Shasta McNasty 2007 - Sat Oct 11 19:00:58 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I have had a lot of success with both my lexicon and spelling by doing the daily crosswords. Answered by Spike ( Prophet of the dog park) - Sat Oct 11 19:11:43 2008 What audio tapes can help improve my vocabulary? Q. I know that listening to people talking good english is the best way to improve my vocabulary, and obviously easier than finding people with great english to talk to all day is listening to audio tapes. Which audio tapes would do the best job - classics? Anyone can suggest good ones? Asked by Thinker - Wed Jan 28 10:13:53 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Harry Potter read by Stephen Fry. Answered by Dyslexic Agnostic Insomniac - Wed Jan 28 10:18:06 2009 What are some Good Vocabulary words to use in Essays and Writing?
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