a listing, either selective or exhaustive, containing the words and phrases of a language, with meanings or translations into another language; glossary
2.
the aggregate of words in the use or comprehension of a specified person, class, profession, etc
3.
all the words contained in a language
4.
a range or system of symbols, qualities, or techniques constituting a means of communicationor expression, as any of the arts or crafts
a wide vocabulary of textures and colours
Word origin
C16: from Medieval Latin vocābulārium, from vocābulārius concerning words, from Latin vocābulumvocable
Examples of 'vocabularies' in a sentence
vocabularies
It is possible, moreover, to trace the development of specialised vocabularies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I could see vocabularies swelling across the hall.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A combination of consumerism and spirituality provided a range of vocabularies for communicating death.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
Both drew on extensive vocabularies, further enriched by neologisms.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
And the development of dauntingly specialist vocabularies only widens the divide.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
While spies guard their secrets, they share their vocabularies with remarkable openness.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Our goal is a humble one: to encourage reviewers to purge their vocabularies of lazy-minded clichés and modish usage.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
The eccentricity is in part just a matter of odd vocabularies, variously disarming and bewildering.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Ravens are the biggest songbirds, and have one of the richest vocabularies of any bird.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
All related terms of 'vocabularies'
vocabular
a vocabulary
vocabulary
Your vocabulary is the total number of words you know in a particular language.
active vocabulary
the total number of words a person uses in his or her own speech and writing
basic vocabulary
the set of lexical items in a language that are most resistant to replacement , referring to the most common and universal elements of human experience, such as parts of the body ( foot, eye ), universal features of the environment ( water, star ), common activities ( eat, sleep ), and the lowest numerals
core vocabulary
See basic vocabulary
passive vocabulary
all the words, collectively, that a person can understand