1. plural of vocabulary; collections of words and their meanings known or used by particular people, groups, or in specific contexts

Examples

• Students in different grade levels have vocabularies of varying sizes.
• Medical and legal professionals use specialized vocabularies in their work.
• The teacher compared the vocabularies of her English and Spanish students.
• Children’s vocabularies expand rapidly during their early school years.
• Technical vocabularies can be challenging for newcomers to a field.
• The research examined vocabularies across different socioeconomic groups.
• Foreign language learners often struggle with academic vocabularies.