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passive speaker

passive speaker noun: a person—often a heritage speaker—with high-level or native-like passive comprehension skills, but weak or low level active speaking skills.

Noun

passive speaker (plural passive speakers)

  1. A person—often a heritage speaker—with high-level or native-like passive comprehension skills, but weak or low level active speaking skills.

Forms of passive speaker

pluralpassive speakers

Questions about passive speaker

What does passive speaker mean?
Passive speaker means a person—often a heritage speaker—with high-level or native-like passive comprehension skills, but weak or low level active speaking skills.
What part of speech is passive speaker?
Passive speaker is a noun.
What is the plural of passive speaker?
The plural of passive speaker is passive speakers.

Words near passive speaker in the dictionary

  1. passive smoke
  2. passive smoker
  3. passive smokers
  4. passive smoking
  5. passive solar
  6. passive speaker
  7. passive suffrage
  8. passive vape
  9. passive vaper
  10. passive vapers
  11. passive vaping

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