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vocab.

American  

abbreviation

  1. vocabulary.


vocab British  
/ ˈvəʊkæb /

noun

  1. short for vocabulary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The typing tutor and vocab trainer were easy to make based on a description of the app and a few rounds of refinements.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

“Putting in a vocab segment, it almost forces intimacy with language because you have to know what those words mean.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022

"It's called the spelling bee. ... When it comes to deciding who the champion is going to be, I think it should be all down to spelling and not having to factor in vocab."

From Fox News ● May 1, 2019

Her detached demeanor and clipped pre-War diction screams Isobel Crawley, while her Victorian vocab is straight out of Mrs. Beeton’s cookbook.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2015

“Thanks for that helpful and reassuring wisdom, Dad,” she mutters, shoving her Spanish vocab list deep into her bag.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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