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PRONUNCIATION OF PASSIVE VOCABULARY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSIVE VOCABULARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Passive 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 PASSIVE 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 PASSIVE VOCABULARY

passions
Passiontide
passivate
passivation
passive
passive balance of trade
passive disobedience
passive euthanasia
passive obedience
passive resistance
passive restraint
passive safety
passive smoker
passive smoking
passive-aggressive
passively
passiveness
passivism
passivist
passivity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSIVE VOCABULARY

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

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «passive vocabulary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSIVE VOCABULARY

Find out the translation of passive vocabulary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of passive 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 «passive vocabulary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被动词汇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vocabulario pasivo
570 millions of speakers

English

passive vocabulary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्क्रिय शब्दावली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المفردات السلبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пассивный словарный запас
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vocabulário passivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাসিভ শব্দভান্ডার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vocabulaire passif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perbendaharaan kata pasif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

passiven Wortschatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

受動語彙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수동 어휘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vocabulary pasif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ vựng thụ động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செயலற்ற சொல்லகராதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्क्रिय शब्दसंग्रह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pasif kelime
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vocabolario passivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Słownik bierny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пасивний словниковий запас
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vocabular pasiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παθητικό λεξιλόγιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

passiewe woordeskat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passiva ordförråd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passivt ordforråd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passive vocabulary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVE VOCABULARY»

The term «passive vocabulary» is normally little used and occupies the 136.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVE VOCABULARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «passive vocabulary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «passive 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 passive vocabulary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSIVE VOCABULARY»

Discover the use of passive vocabulary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passive vocabulary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Grammar and Vocabulary: A Resource Book for Students
First, we need to distinguish 'active' vocabulary - the words that you use in your own speech and writing - and 'passive' vocabulary - the words that you recognise and can make sense of in the speech and writing of other people. The latter is, of  ...
Howard Jackson, 2002
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Insights into Non-native Vocabulary Teaching and Learning
For instance, it was shown that at least two years' immersion in an L2 environment was necessary for passive knowledge to transfer into production, and even then, an increase in passive vocabulary knowledge does not necessarily manifest ...
Rubén Chacón-Beltrán
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Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition
Tests of Vocabulary Breadth Some of the best-researched tests of vocabulary are checklist tests of passive vocabulary recognition, designed to give an estimate of vocabulary breadth or size. Passive recognition is likely to be the most basic, ...
James Milton
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The Mental Lexicon and Vocabulary Learning: Implications for ...
Meara (1997) suggests that one of the crucial distinctions between active and passive vocabulary lies in the directionality of the connection. If a word is only connected to the rest of the lexicon in a uni-directional way, that is without information ...
Saskia Kersten, 2010
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Using English Words
To meet this goal, the original instruments developed for this task and used in these studies, are the Measure of Passive Vocabulary and the G-L Instrument. The Measure of Passive Vocabulary Do the members of some sociocultural groups ...
P. Corson, David Corson, 1996
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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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Experimenting with Uncertainty: Essays in Honour of Alan Davies
The larger P–CA gap and lower FA vocabulary of the ESL learners mean, mathematically, that if we compare EFL and ESL learners with similar CA or FA, the ESL learners will have a larger passive vocabulary than the EFL learners. This may ...
C. Elder, 2001
8
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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Teach English Trainer's Handbook: A Training Course for Teachers
We call this passive vocabulary. To save time, it is often best to present it quite quickly, with a simple example. If it appears as part of a text or dialogue, we can often leave students to guess the word from the context. Emphasise that students  ...
Adrian Doff, 1988
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METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH:
Passive vocabulary is taught to be merely recognized and understood by the student upon hearing or reading that kind of vocabulary. In contrast, active vocabulary is taught to be produced by the student whenever it is needed in speaking or ...
Muhammad Ali Alkhuli, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSIVE VOCABULARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passive vocabulary is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'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»
2
LETTERS: Save our library for future generations
his fast-growing active and passive vocabulary, not to mention the complex cognitive and social benefits. But let's not forget the simple joy of ... «Mirfield Reporter, Feb 15»
3
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»
4
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»
5
Tips to convert your passive vocabulary to active
Active vocabulary is the words which we use a lot in our communications. Passive vocabulary is the words which we understand but rarely use ... «The New Indian Express, Mar 13»
6
Q & A With Professor Thomas Eppel
So the passive vocabulary was already there. When I came here I watched a lot of TV. One show that I watched a lot was Family Feud. I thought ... «New University Online, Nov 12»
7
A global ingle-neuk, or, the size of our vocabulary
The size of our passive vocabulary depends on the volume of our reading. Those who grew up in the seventies of the twentieth century read ... «OUPblog, Oct 12»
8
The Flynn Effect: Modernity Made Us Smarter
The kids can understand their parents; there has not been an enlargement of the passive vocabulary gap. But the active vocabulary gap has ... «Scientific American, Aug 12»
9
I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here's How
... how far you want to go (Here, we're talking about words that are in your Anki deck - you'll pick up a bigger passive vocabulary from reading). «Lifehacker, Apr 12»
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Dubai man wins UAE's place in 2013 Scrabble event
He believes he now has a passive vocabulary of about 40,000 words, far more than the average non-Scrabble player's 7,000. Even so, having ... «The National, Oct 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Passive vocabulary [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/passive-vocabulary>. May 2024 ».
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