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vocabulary
Noun
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A person's vocabulary is the words that person knows.
Reading will help you increase your vocabulary.
At about 18 months most children have a vocabulary of about 50 words.
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Vocabulary is words with their meanings, especially to be studied.
There's too much new vocabulary, and I had a hard time understanding it.
We learned 10 new vocabulary words today.
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A vocabulary is the set of particular words used by a group of people or for a specialized area.
We use the vocabulary of network science in this article.
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A vocabulary is the particular methods and techniques that artists and other people use to express their ideas.
As a photographer, he uses a vocabulary of lines and angles.
book
Noun
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A book is a lot of paper joined together with writing and pictures printed on them for you to read or write in.
I borrow books from the library, and keep them in a bookcase.
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A book is a group of stamps, matches, tickets, etc., held together inside a paper cover.
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A company's books are its money records.
An outside accountant kept the books and signed the checks until he joined the company.
book
Verb
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If you book something or someone, you reserve them for a certain time.
I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.
I can book tickets for the concert next week.
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If you book someone, you officially put their name in police records for a crime.
The police booked him for driving too fast.