"active vocabulary" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: active vocabularies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} active vocabulary (countable and uncountable, plural active vocabularies)
  1. The collection of words and phrases that someone commonly uses in speech and writing. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: working vocabulary Translations (words and phrases that someone commonly uses): 主動詞彙 (Chinese Mandarin), 主动词汇 (zhǔdòng cíhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), actieve woordenschat [masculine] (Dutch), aktiivne sõnavara (Estonian), aktiivinen sanavarasto (Finnish), vocabulaire actif [masculine] (French), aktiver Wortschatz [masculine] (German), słownik czynny [masculine] (Polish), vocabulário ativo [masculine] (Portuguese), vocabular activ [neuter] (Romanian), акти́вный слова́рный запа́с (aktívnyj slovárnyj zapás) [masculine] (Russian), акти́вная ле́ксика (aktívnaja léksika) [feminine] (Russian), акти́вный лексико́н (aktívnyj leksikón) [masculine] (Russian), акти́вный слова́рь (aktívnyj slovárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), акти́вний словнико́вий запа́с (aktývnyj slovnykóvyj zapás) [masculine] (Ukrainian), акти́вний словни́к (aktývnyj slovnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-active_vocabulary-en-noun-tUsXIdPf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "aktívnaja léksika",
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          "word": "акти́вная ле́ксика"
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      "word": "主動詞彙"
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      "word": "actieve woordenschat"
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      "word": "vocabulário ativo"
    },
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      "sense": "words and phrases that someone commonly uses",
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      "word": "акти́вный слова́рный запа́с"
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      "roman": "aktívnaja léksika",
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      "word": "акти́вная ле́ксика"
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      "sense": "words and phrases that someone commonly uses",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "акти́вний словни́к"
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