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passive vocabulary

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passive vocabulary
n
(Linguistics) all the words, collectively, that a person can understand Compare active vocabulary

passive vocabulary - Contains lexemes we know and understand but do no actively use (in writing or speech).
See also related terms for understood.


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As a matter of fact, various types of syntagmatic contexts represent the principal means by which most people learn the meanings of at least 95 percent of their active and passive vocabulary.
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