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active vocabulary

active vocabulary noun: the collection of words and phrases that someone commonly uses in speech and writing.

Noun

active vocabulary (countable and uncountable, plural active vocabularies)

  1. The collection of words and phrases that someone commonly uses in speech and writing.
    • Joan's active vocabulary consists of over ten thousand words.

Synonyms of active vocabulary

Forms of active vocabulary

pluralactive vocabularies

Questions about active vocabulary

What does active vocabulary mean?
Active vocabulary means the collection of words and phrases that someone commonly uses in speech and writing.
What part of speech is active vocabulary?
Active vocabulary is a noun.
What is the plural of active vocabulary?
The plural of active vocabulary is active vocabularies.

Words near active vocabulary in the dictionary

  1. active timing
  2. active timings
  3. active transport
  4. active travel
  5. active vocabularies
  6. active vocabulary
  7. active voice
  8. active voices
  9. active volcano
  10. active volcanoes
  11. active volcanos

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