vocabular

adjective

vō-ˈka-byə-lər How to pronounce vocabular (audio)
Definition of vocabularnext
as in linguistic
of or relating to words or language the school banned the book for vocabular reasons, as some parents objected to the author's use of profanity

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  1. linguistic
  2. verbal
  3. communicative
  4. lexical
Adjective
  • This meant that the writing was image-based rather than linguistic.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This is a popular linguistic relativity theory and is generally referred to as Whorfianism or the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (partially associated with anthropologist Benjamin Whorf).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of linguistic
Adjective
  • But at some universities today, being a Jew on campus has become an act of courage, every walk to class a gauntlet of verbal bullying and physical harassment.
    Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • During the stop, Gibbs allegedly refused to get out of the vehicle and ignored verbal directions, according to police.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of verbal
Adjective
  • Someone who isn't communicative and can't face difficult discussions might resort to passive aggressiveness instead of self-reflection.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • And being more communicative even in my family, being more open, vulnerable and being a little better with my words of affirmation. Martin: Did your parents embrace that part of American culture?
    Rachel Martin, NPR, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of communicative
Adjective
  • Russian speakers in the experiment proved faster than English speakers at distinguishing shades that corresponded to that lexical distinction.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of lexical
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