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controlled vocabulary

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
con-trolled vo-cab-u-lary
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carefully selected set of terms, such as words and phrases, such that each concept from the domain of discourse is described using only one term in the set and each term in the set describes only one concept.

Inflected Forms

controlled vocabularies (plural)

Questions

What does controlled vocabulary mean?
A carefully selected set of terms, such as words and phrases, such that each concept from the domain of discourse is described using only one term in the set and each term in the set describes only one concept.

How to pronounce controlled vocabulary

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