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Tatiana [17]
3 years ago
15

how estimate the total number of defined words in the dictionary. Is that estimate likely to be an accurate estimate of the numb

er of words in the English​ language?
English
1 answer:
user100 [1]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

273,000 words

Explanation:

Estimated a dictionary contains and defines a total of 273,000 words. However out of 273,000 words only 171,476 words are currently in use and the rest are considered obsolete and those words are not used by the majority of people speaking English language. In English language there are about a million words out of which only 171,476 are currently in use.

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