2006-12-08 23:40:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Impossible to determine because technology creates new terms on a daily basis. If you count all the different scientific and technical jargons for every known activity that has a specialized vocabulary, the number would easily exceed 500,000 and is probably in excess of a million.
2006-12-08 23:43:38 · answer #1 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Oxford English Dictionary there are indeed a half million words (it can be up to 650,000 depending on where you get your data) in use today with an additional half million in scientific, technical and medical terms.
The average educated person has a vocabulary of 20,000 words yet uses only 2,000 a week.
2006-12-09 02:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by KED 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Conservative estimate is some half a million.
However, from what I recall from college, only some 10,000 are commonly used.
See http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/JohnnyLing.shtml
It gives a set of estimates with references...
-dh
2006-12-08 23:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh? ano ba ang ginagawa mo?
2006-12-08 23:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by freakazoid17 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't bother it, there's no limit
2006-12-08 23:41:48 · answer #5 · answered by the freakin' analyst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋