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Activity
//ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti// noun
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Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being active; activeness. uncountable
"Pit row was abuzz with activity."
- 2 any specific behavior wordnet
- 3 Something done as an action or a movement. countable
"The activity for the morning was a walk to the store."
- 4 the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically wordnet
- 5 Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion. countable
"An increasing number of sports activities are on offer at the university."
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- 6 an organic process that takes place in the body wordnet
- 7 The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point. countable, uncountable
"[…]distinctions among states of affairs are reflected to a striking degree in distinctions among Aktionsart types. That is, situations are expressed by state verbs or predicates, events by achievement verbs or predicates, and actions by activity verbs or predicates."
- 8 a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) wordnet
- 9 The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie countable, uncountable
- 10 the state of being active wordnet
- 11 The property of substances to react with other substances countable, uncountable
- 12 (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction wordnet
Etymology
From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active + -ity.
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