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Meaning of "active vocabulary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACTIVE VOCABULARY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACTIVE VOCABULARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Active vocabulary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACTIVE VOCABULARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vocabulary

A person's vocabulary is the set of words within a language that are familiar to that person. A vocabulary usually develops with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Acquiring an extensive vocabulary is one of the largest challenges in learning a second language.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACTIVE VOCABULARY

active carbon
active centre
active duty
active euthanasia
active galactic nucleus
active galaxy
active ingredient
active list
active matrix
active optics
active partner
active safety
active service
active site
active suspension
active transport
active voice
active-matrix
actively
activeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACTIVE VOCABULARY

calculary
capitulary
cartulary
chartulary
constabulary
epulary
formulary
nummulary
passive vocabulary
patibulary
preambulary
reticulary
Royal Ulster Constabulary
salary
scapulary
singulary
somnambulary
stipulary
tintinnabulary
titulary
vocabulary

Synonyms and antonyms of active vocabulary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «active vocabulary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Find out the translation of active vocabulary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of active vocabulary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «active vocabulary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

积极词汇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vocabulario activo
570 millions of speakers

English

active vocabulary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सक्रिय शब्दावली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المفردات النشطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

активный словарный запас
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vocabulário ativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সক্রিয় শব্দভান্ডার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vocabulaire actif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perbendaharaan kata aktif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aktiven Wortschatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アクティブ語彙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

활성 어휘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vocabulary aktif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ vựng hoạt động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செயலில் சொற்களஞ்சியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सक्रिय शब्दसंग्रह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aktif kelime dağarcığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vocabolario attivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aktywne słownictwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

активний словниковий запас
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vocabular activ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενεργό λεξιλόγιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aktiewe woordeskat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aktiva ordförråd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aktiv ordforråd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of active vocabulary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACTIVE VOCABULARY»

The term «active vocabulary» is normally little used and occupies the 140.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACTIVE VOCABULARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «active vocabulary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «active vocabulary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about active vocabulary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTIVE VOCABULARY»

Discover the use of active vocabulary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to active vocabulary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Active Vocabulary: General and Academic Words
The chapters and exercises are “scaffolded” so that material presented in previous chapters is reinforced progressively as the student moves through the book.
Amy E. Olsen, 2012
2
Communication Skills for Professionals
We can classify words into three categories: 0 Ad hoc vocabulary 0 Passive vocabulary 0 Active vocabulary Ad hoc Vocabulary Ad hoc vocabulary consists of those words which may be important for a given section of the text, but are unlikely ...
NIRA KUMAR, 2011
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The Mental Lexicon and Vocabulary Learning: Implications for ...
Active vocabulary items, on the other hand, “are connected to their parent lexicons by more than one type of connection" (Meara 1997, 119). The active vocabulary, therefore, can be easily activated by other words “because it has many ...
Saskia Kersten, 2010
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Teach English Trainer's Handbook: A Training Course for Teachers
Emphasise that students should understand far more words than they can produce — so we should not try to treat all new words as active vocabulary. z. Divide the teachers into pairs or groups, and ask them to look at the text in the Teacher's ...
Adrian Doff, 1988
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Experimenting with Uncertainty: Essays in Honour of Alan Davies
Educationists believe that using vocabulary in communicative tasks is more beneficial to developing active vocabulary than requiring learners to memorise isolated words, or leaving them to their own devices. Language teachers in Israel have ...
C. Elder, 2001
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Insights into Non-native Vocabulary Teaching and Learning
At least two years were needed before the correlation between controlled active and passive vocabulary was affected, but no significant effect was found on free active vocabulary. They explained the latter finding by a plateau reached by free  ...
Rubén Chacón-Beltrán
7
Psychology Problem Solver
A distinction is needed between active vocabulary and passive vocabulary. Active vocabulary refers to all the words the infant both understands and pronounces. Passive vocabulary includes the words he understands but cannot use when he ...
Max Fogiel, 1982
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Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course
Furthermore, passive vocabulary was always larger than active vocabulary, although there was a difference between learners in a foreign-language setting and those in an L2 setting. The gap between knowledge types was smaller in the  ...
Susan M. Gass, 2013
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Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition
3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade Active vocabulary 200 350 500 600 800 1200 Passive vocabulary 150 150 200 250 300 400 Active and passive vocabulary 350 500 700 850 1100 1600 3rd grade 4th grade 5th ...
James Milton
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METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH:
In contrast, active vocabulary is taught to be produced by the student whenever it is needed in speaking or writing. To con- clued, passive vocabulary is learned for recognition, but active vocabulary is learned for production. As for the teacher, ...
Muhammad Ali Alkhuli, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTIVE VOCABULARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term active vocabulary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Free workshops promote literacy for children in Leominster
LEOMINSTER - As children enter their formative years, an active vocabulary can be instrumental in helping them advance in their learning ... «Worcester Telegram, May 15»
2
Cryptic crossword contest: Desirability of CBSE's way of enhancing …
... practice in creating and solving them for two to three years are able to build useful active vocabulary on the whole, but never through contests ... «Merinews, May 15»
3
'Germany is waiting for you!'
These language tests require an active vocabulary of 300 German words and a passive vocabulary of 650. If the applicants fail the test, they are ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Apr 15»
4
While dancing around a bonfire, beware of analogy
The word bane-fyre was part of his active vocabulary (or so it seems), and he may have taken the first element for “bone.” To complicate matters ... «OUPblog, Mar 15»
5
Why you shouldn't feel guilty about working out during work
To this day, I literally can't puzzle together one of the answers from those puzzles, and despite a very good active vocabulary, have never even ... «Pulse, Feb 15»
6
University alum and students' pilot episode takes off
The word became part of their active vocabulary since then. “I told Lexx and Nieman about the word and we just started applying our own ... «The Globe, Feb 15»
7
How Do We Learn New Words in the Workplace?
Passive vocabulary—the words we know for reading and listening—is significantly larger than the active vocabulary used for speaking and ... «ATD, Jan 15»
8
Bringing Up Bilingual Toddlers
... in language learning are all great assets for assisting the process of developing expressive language and active vocabulary in the child. «Brain Blogger, Nov 14»
9
Denis Kilcommons: Over one million words in the English language
The average person is supposed to have an active vocabulary of 3,000 words in regular use, with a passive vocabulary of 15,000 to 20,000. «Huddersfield Examiner, Oct 14»
10
Tax Court Judge Appreciates Art More Than Your Average Revenue …
It's part of Lew's active vocabulary. Bottom line is that, in general, lawyers have much better educations than accountants. That had me ... «Forbes, Oct 14»

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