active vocabulary

English

Noun

active vocabulary (countable and uncountable, plural active vocabularies)

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

Coordinate terms

passive vocabulary

Translations

words and phrases that someone commonly uses

Chinese:
Mandarin: 主動詞彙, 主动词汇 (zhǔdòng cíhuì)
Estonian: aktiivne sõnavara

Finnish: aktiivinen sanavarasto
Portuguese: vocabulário ativo m
Russian: акти́вный слова́рный запа́с m (aktívnyj slovárnyj zapás), акти́вная ле́ксика f (aktívnaja léksika), акти́вный лексико́н m (aktívnyj leksikón)

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