Vocabulary Words Wide/Limited Language Part Advertising Active Passive

• to have a wide/limited vocabulary
• your active vocabulary (= the words that you use)
• your passive vocabulary (= the words that you understand but don’t use)
• reading will increase your vocabulary.

vocabulary

1. all the words that a person knows or uses
• see also defining vocabulary
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/defining-vocabulary
• to have a wide/limited vocabulary
• your active vocabulary (= the words that you use)
• your passive vocabulary (= the words that you understand but don’t use)
• Reading will increase your vocabulary.
• The word ‘failure’ is not in his vocabulary (= for him, failure does not exist).
• Give your instructions in everyday language.
• the language of the legal profession
• to have a wide/limited vocabulary
• The word has become part of advertising vocabulary.
• I’ll try to explain in simple terms.
• It was the standard form of wording for a consent letter.
• medical terminology
• Scientists are constantly developing new terminologies.
2. all the words in a particular language
• When did the word ‘bungalow’ first enter the vocabulary?
• Give your instructions in everyday language.
• the language of the legal profession
• to have a wide/limited vocabulary
• The word has become part of advertising vocabulary.
• I’ll try to explain in simple terms.
• It was the standard form of wording for a consent letter.
• medical terminology
• Scientists are constantly developing new terminologies.
3. the words that people use when they are talking about a particular subject
• The word has become part of advertising vocabulary.
• Give your instructions in everyday language.
• the language of the legal profession
• to have a wide/limited vocabulary
• The word has become part of advertising vocabulary.
• I’ll try to explain in simple terms.
• It was the standard form of wording for a consent letter.
• medical terminology
• Scientists are constantly developing new terminologies.
4. a list of words with their meanings, especially in a book for learning a foreign language

Extra Examples

• English has a rich vocabulary and literature.
• Learners of languages acquire vocabulary through practice.
• Specialized vocabulary is used in all the major disciplines.
• The expression ‘think tank’ entered the vocabulary= became part of the language in the 1960s.
• The word ‘failure’ is not in his vocabulary.
• The word ‘think tank’ entered the vocabulary in the 1960s.
• This book has been designed to help you expand your vocabulary.
• Try to develop a wide vocabulary.
• the essential vocabulary for tourism
• the vocabulary of science
• to have a wide/limited vocabulary
• your active vocabulary
• your passive vocabulary

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (denoting a list of words with definitions or translations): from medieval Latin vocabularius, from Latin vocabulum, from vocare ‘call’.