active vocabulary
Definition of active vocabulary
: the words one regularly uses Our passive vocabulary (the words we understand) is larger than our active vocabulary.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: characterized by action rather than by contemplation or speculation
: producing or involving action or movement
: asserting that the person or thing represented by the grammatical subject performs the action represented by the verb
: a list or collection of words or of words and phrases usually alphabetically arranged and explained or defined : lexicon
: a sum or stock of words employed by a language, group, individual, or work or in a field of knowledge
: a list or collection of terms or codes available for use (as in an indexing system)
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