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Active   /ˈæktɪv/   Listen
Active

adjective
1.
Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.  Antonym: inactive.
2.
Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations.  Synonyms: combat-ready, fighting.  "The platoon is combat-ready" , "Review the fighting forces"
3.
Disposed to take action or effectuate change.  "An active antagonism" , "He was active in drawing attention to their grievances"  Antonym: passive.
4.
Taking part in an activity.  Synonym: participating.  "He was politically active" , "The participating organizations"
5.
Characterized by energetic activity.  "Active as a gazelle" , "An active man is a man of action"  Antonym: inactive.
6.
Exerting influence or producing a change or effect.  Antonym: inactive.
7.
Full of activity or engaged in continuous activity.  "An active bond market" , "An active account"  Antonym: inactive.
8.
In operation.  Synonym: alive.  "The tradition was still alive" , "An active tradition"
9.
(of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions.  Antonym: quiet.
10.
Expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:.  Antonym: passive.
11.
(used of verbs (e.g. 'to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. 'running' in 'running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being.  Synonym: dynamic.  Antonym: stative.
12.
(of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting.  Antonym: extinct.
13.
(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt.  Antonym: dormant.
14.
Engaged in full-time work.  "Though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"  Antonym: inactive.
noun
1.
Chemical agent capable of activity.  Synonym: active agent.
2.
The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb.  Synonym: active voice.  Antonym: passive voice.
3.
A person who is a participating member of an organization.



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"Active" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the strong features of Sherman's army. Among the hundred thousand who composed it there were so many active brains and skilled hands that the toot of the engine caught the heels of the last echoing shout of ...
— Comic History of the United States • Bill Nye
... a constitution which continued delicate till he had attained his fifteenth year, led to his bursting a blood-vessel in the second year of his apprenticeship. While precluded from active duty, being closely confined to bed, and not allowed to exert himself by speaking, he was still allowed to read; a privilege which accelerated his acquaintance with general literature. To complete his recovery, he was recommended exercise on horseback; and in obeying the instructions ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various
... obsessions of their persons by delegations from those realms of darkness and (to all but themselves) unmitigated horror. A sensitive man or woman—no matter how virtuously inclined—may, unless by constant prayer and watchfulness they prevent it and keep the will active and the sphere entire, be led into the most ...
— Modern Spiritualism • Uriah Smith
... was to go to an aunt for a few days, until Paul could settle his plans; and when he had seen her off from the station, he turned his own steps in the direction of the quiet square where his godfather had spent his solitary life since the days of his retirement from active service. His eyes turned instinctively to the windows, to see if the blinds were drawn down; but the house wore its usual aspect of dignified reserve, with its slightly opened casements. The imperturbable butler, who answered ...
— The Village by the River • H. Louisa Bedford
... been the most active in the chase, and now was far more conscience-stricken than ...
— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton


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