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- 1 Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
"certain active principles"
- 2 Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
"an active child or animal"
- 3 In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
"active laws"
- 4 In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors. specifically
- 5 Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
"an active man of business"
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- 6 Requiring or implying action or exertion
"active employment or service"
- 7 Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
"an active rather than a speculative statesman"
- 8 Brisk; lively.
"an active demand for corn"
- 9 Implying or producing rapid action.
"an active disease"
- 10 About verbs.; Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- 11 About verbs.; Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- 12 About verbs.; Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- 13 Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
"I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether."
- 14 Not passive.
- 15 enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner. slang
- 1 characterized by energetic activity wordnet
- 2 engaged in full-time work wordnet
- 3 full of activity or engaged in continuous activity wordnet
- 4 tending to become more severe or wider in scope wordnet
- 5 disposed to take action or effectuate change wordnet
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- 6 (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt wordnet
- 7 (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting wordnet
- 8 (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being wordnet
- 9 expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: wordnet
- 10 exerting influence or producing a change or effect wordnet
- 11 (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions wordnet
- 12 in operation wordnet
- 13 taking part in an activity wordnet
- 14 engaged in or ready for military or naval operations wordnet
- 1 A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
""Alumni could become more active in giving guidance and leadership to students. They act as sort of a 'maturity governor' on fraternities," notes Ratliff, citing surveys suggesting that fraternity actives presume mistakenly that alumni want hazing […]"
- 2 a person who is a participating member of an organization wordnet
- 3 Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
"Components are split into two broad segments: actives and passives. Active components like the vacuum tube and the transistor contain the power to generate and alter electrical signals."
- 4 the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb wordnet
- 5 chemical agent capable of activity wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīv(us), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. By surface analysis, act + -ive.
From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīv(us), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. By surface analysis, act + -ive.
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