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Active

adjective

1.

Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.

2.

Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations. Synonyms: combat-ready, fighting. "The platoon is combat-ready" , "Review the fighting forces"

3.

Disposed to take action or effectuate change. "An active antagonism" , "He was active in drawing attention to their grievances"

4.

Taking part in an activity. Synonym: participating. "He was politically active" , "The participating organizations"

5.

Characterized by energetic activity. "Active as a gazelle" , "An active man is a man of action"

6.

Exerting influence or producing a change or effect.

7.

Full of activity or engaged in continuous activity. "An active bond market" , "An active account"

8.

In operation. Synonym: alive. "The tradition was still alive" , "An active tradition"

9.

(of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions.

10.

Expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:.

11.

(used of verbs (e.g. 'to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. 'running' in 'running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being. Synonym: dynamic.

12.

(of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting.

13.

(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt.

14.

Engaged in full-time work. "Though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"

noun

1.

Chemical agent capable of activity. Synonym: active agent.

2.

The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb. Synonym: active voice.

3.

A person who is a participating member of an organization.

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"Active" Quotes from Famous Books

... work in pairs, and they are then "butties" (partners), but not infrequently a harvester will be accompanied by his wife or daughter to tie up the sheaves; and their active figures among the golden corn, backed by a horizon of blue sky, make a charming picture. The mind goes back to the old Scripture references to the time of harvest, and the idea impresses itself that one is looking at almost exactly the same scene ...

— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory

... required for a good-sized house. This thatching, if well done, will last for seven years. To collect the sugar-cane leaves, and "sew," as it is called, the ends on to the reeds, is the work of the women. An active woman will sew fifty reeds in a day, and three men will put up and fasten on to the roof of the house some five hundred in a day. Corrugated iron, shingles, and other contrivances, are being tried by European ...

— Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before • George Turner

... army: he thought that abroad, and in active life, he should lose all the painful recollections, and drive from his heart all the sentiments, which could now be only a source of unavailing regret. But his mother—his mother, who had now yielded her own ...

— Tales and Novels, Vol. 6 • Maria Edgeworth

... with Tom McMertrie and Jim Rafferty close after and a host of other tried and true, with the minister on the other side of the street. The Fire Company of Sabbath Valley held a proud record, and the minister was an active member of it. ...

— The City of Fire • Grace Livingston Hill

... Ajax led the Locrian squadrons on, Ajax the less, Oileus' valiant son; Skill'd to direct the flying dart aright; Swift in pursuit, and active in the fight. ...

— The Story of Troy • Michael Clarke

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