active vocabulary

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Noun[edit]

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.
    Synonym: working vocabulary
    Coordinate term: passive vocabulary

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