Activity

//ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being active; activeness. uncountable

    "Pit row was abuzz with activity."

  2. 2
    any specific behavior wordnet
  3. 3
    Something done as an action or a movement. countable

    "The activity for the morning was a walk to the store."

  4. 4
    the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    an organic process that takes place in the body wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 8
    a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) wordnet
  4. 9
    The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    the state of being active wordnet
  6. 11
    The property of substances to react with other substances countable, uncountable
  7. 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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