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active vocabulary

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active vocabulary
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(Linguistics) the total number of words a person uses in his own speech and writing Compare passive vocabulary


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You wouldn't expect that much vitality could be gotten out of an active vocabulary no larger than that of a cash-machine, minus the grammar.
The US system even allows users to enter the street name first, which means that in a state like California, it has over 200,000 street names in its active vocabulary.
The RSC-4x family has been optimized to work in concert with Sensory Speech 7 (SS7) technology code, a software suite that enables advanced features such as multi-word speaker-independent wordspotting, speech and music synthesis, and up to 100 speaker-dependent words in an active vocabulary.
 
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