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active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | combat-ready, fighting |
| Derivation | activeness, activity |
on active duty.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | active agent |
| Type of | chemical agent |
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dynamic |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | participating |
| Derivation | activeness, activity |
an active member of the club.
he was politically active.
active::noun | Spocien Dictionary
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | active voice |
| Type of | voice |
`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice.
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | activeness, activity |
an active toddler.
active as a gazelle.
an active man is a man of action.
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | activeness, activity |
a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations.
an active antagonism.
he was active in drawing attention to their grievances.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | activeness, activity |
active duty.
though past retirement age he is still active in his profession.
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | activeness, activity |
an active ingredient.
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Hemingway favors active constructions.
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | activeness, activity |
an active seaport.
an active bond market.
an active account.
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | activity, activeness |
active volcanos.
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | activity, activeness |
active::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | activeness, activity |
active tuberculosis.
Examples of active
active
The official stresses that there is no intelligence about an active terror plot.
From the dailyherald.com
The last full day of this week's session was active, with many teams in the mix.
From the washingtontimes.com
Mr. Lawson was active in labor groups since he got his union card as a teenager.
From the sacbee.com
If you haven't been active for a long time, you may have no idea where to start.
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I am 33, and I have an active social life, so I need cool outfits for going out.
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The Smart Girl Politics group, which then had around 400 active members, lit up.
From the online.wsj.com
He has been an active member of the Legion for an unprecedented number of years.
From the dailyherald.com
The four-way stretch provides enhanced performance by supporting active muscles.
From the timesunion.com
Should anyone marvel at her pace, Walter brings up older people who keep active.
From the courier-journal.com
- Active agent: chemical agent capable of activity
- Tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis"
- Active voice: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
- Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
- A person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"
- Disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances"
- ACTIVE - sobriety, friendship and peace (formerly EGTYF, European Good Templar Youth Federation) is a non-governmental umbrella organisation gathering European youth temperance organisations. ACTIVE is member of the Youth Forum Jeunesse and cooperates with IOGT International.
- Active (1877) The Active was a wooden Ketch that was wrecked on the Oyster bank at the entrance of Newcastle Harbour, on the 19 January [1898] near the previously wrecked Colonist.
- Active is the sixteenth studio album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1992. The album was recorded in Australia, Also where Casiopea's Live Album "Made in Melbourne" was recorded.
