Active

//ˈæk.tɪv//

"Active" in a Sentence (29 examples)

Stock prices soared in active trading as corporations announced good financial results.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

In the film, the director makes Hamlet an active person.

The stock market is very active.

Our city sits on an active fault.

The volcano has become active again.

Mt. Aso is an active volcano.

David is very active.

That group is presently very active.

In addition many groups have been formed so that the elderly can socialize with one another and remain active participants in American life.

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certain active principles

the active powers of the mind

an active child or animal

active laws

active hostilities

an active man of business

active mind

active zeal

This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.

active employment or service

active scenes

an active rather than a speculative statesman

an active demand for corn

an active disease

an active remedy

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.

Edge uses green text for comments. This makes it easier for you to quickly differentiate between active code and comments.

"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 […]

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.

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