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active
[ ak-tiv ]
adjective
an active life.
Synonyms: operative, working, acting
Antonyms: lazy
- being in a state of existence, progress, or motion:
active hostilities.
- involving physical effort and action:
active sports.
- having the power of quick motion; nimble:
active as a gazelle.
- characterized by action, motion, volume, use, participation, etc.:
an active market in wheat; an active list of subscribers.
Antonyms: sluggish
active treason.
- effective ( inert ):
active ingredients.
- Grammar. noting or pertaining to a voice of verbal inflection in which typically the subject of the sentence is represented as performing the action expressed by the verb ( passive ): Writes in He writes a letter every day is an active verb form.
- requiring or giving rise to action; practical:
an active course.
- Geology. (of a volcano) having erupted within the last 10,000 years and likely to do so again or currently in a state of eruption. Compare dormant ( def ), extinct ( def ).
- Accounting. profitable; busy:
active accounts.
- requiring personal effort or attention; not automatic:
an active alarm system.
- interest-bearing:
active paper.
- Medicine/Medical. acting quickly; producing immediate effects:
active remedies.
- Sociology. (of a crowd) engaging in purposeful activity, often of a militant nature. Compare expressive ( def 4 ).
- Aerospace. able to transmit signals:
an active communications satellite.
- Electronics. (of a device or system) acting as a source of electrical energy, as a generator, or capable of amplifying or converting voltages or currents, as a transistor or diode.
- (of a solar heating system) accumulating and distributing solar heat by mechanical means.
- Military. serving on active duty.
noun
- Grammar.
- the active voice.
- a form or construction in the active voice.
- an active person, member, subscriber, etc.:
The circular was mailed only to the actives on our list.
- Informal. something showing considerable action or activity:
On the stock market there was heavy trading in the actives.
active
/ ˈæktɪv /
adjective
- in a state of action; moving, working, or doing something
- busy or involved
an active life
- physically energetic
- exerting influence; effective
an active ingredient
- grammar
- denoting a voice of verbs used to indicate that the subject of a sentence is performing the action or causing the event or process described by the verb, as kicked in The boy kicked the football Compare passive
- another word for nonstative
- being fully engaged in military service (esp in the phrase on active service )
- astronomy (of the sun) exhibiting a large number of sunspots, solar flares, etc, and a marked variation in intensity and frequency of radio emission Compare quiet
- commerce
- producing or being used to produce profit, esp in the form of interest
active balances
- of or denoting stocks or shares that have been actively bought and sold as recorded in the Official List of the London Stock Exchange
- electronics
- containing a source of power
an active network
- capable of amplifying a signal or controlling some function
an active component
an active communication satellite
noun
- grammar
- the active voice
- an active verb
- a member of an organization who participates in its activities
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Derived Forms
- ˈactiveness, noun
- ˈactively, adverb
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Other Words From
- ac·tive·ly adverb
- ac·tive·ness noun
- non·ac·tive adjective noun
- pre·ac·tive adjective
- pre·ac·tive·ness noun
- qua·si-ac·tive adjective
- sem·i·ac·tive adjective
- sem·i·ac·tive·ness noun
- su·per·ac·tive adjective
- su·per·ac·tive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of active1
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Example Sentences
“The United States had gone to war declaring it must destroy an active weapons of mass destruction program,” the Times reported.
Almost immediately, another group active at the protests called the Justice League snitches.
Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature.
But, under the hawkish eye of the media and through a heavily active social media presence, she carried on as usual.
Female members have been involved in the carnage for the past two years, but never in such an active role.
We must have motif first, then technique to adapt and adjust expression and to develop facility in the active agents.
With the announcement of the thirty-six directors, it was possible to proceed to the active opening of the institutions.
He became one of the assistants of Mr. Wesley, and was active in the service of the church.
The opposite of these two methods of rote learning is my method, which injects an active process between each pair of words.
He continued active till his 35th year, when he began to decline, and died of water in the chest.
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