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passive vocabulary en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The words and phrases, collectively, that someone understands in speech and writing but does not commonly use.
   • John's passive vocabulary seems to encompass most of the words in the Collegiate Dictionary!

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Coordinates

active vocabulary

Translations (14)

fi passiivinen sanavarasto (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · ru пасси́вный слова́рь (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · uk паси́вний словни́к (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · ru пасси́вный слова́рный запа́с (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · ro vocabular pasiv (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · pt vocabulário passivo (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · pl słownik bierny (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · nl passieve woordenschat (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · de passiver Wortschatz (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · cmn 被動詞彙 /被动词汇 (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · ru пасси́вная ле́ксика (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · ru пасси́вный лексико́н (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · fr vocabulaire passif (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) · uk паси́вний словнико́вий запа́с (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use)