active
— Adjective
– English
～ engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ 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
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an active ingredient"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
active
— Adjective
– English
～ (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
active
— Adjective
– English
～ (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
active
— Adjective
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～ expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
active
— Noun
– English
～ chemical agent capable of activity
active
— Noun
– English
～ 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"
active
— Noun
– English
～ a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"
actively
— Adverb
– English
～ in an active manner; "he participated actively in the war"
activeness
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age"
activeness
— Noun
– English
～ the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"