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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
active
adj 1: tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active
tuberculosis" [ant: inactive]
2: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on
active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the
fighting forces" [syn: active, combat-ready,
fighting(a)]
3: disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who
takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active
antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their
grievances" [ant: inactive, passive]
4: taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club";
"he was politically active"; "the participating
organizations" [syn: active, participating]
5: characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler";
"active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
[ant: inactive]
6: exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an
active ingredient" [ant: inactive]
7: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an
active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
[ant: inactive]
8: in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still
alive"; "an active tradition" [syn: active, alive(p)]
9: (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of
sunspots and flares and radio emissions [ant: quiet]
10: expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic
function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
[ant: passive]
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 [syn: active, dynamic]
[ant: stative]
12: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting [ant: extinct]
13: (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active
volcanos" [ant: dormant, inactive]
14: engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past
retirement age he is still active in his profession" [ant:
inactive]
n 1: chemical agent capable of activity [syn: active agent,
active]
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; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the
active voice" [syn: active voice, active] [ant:
passive, passive voice]
3: a person who is a participating member of an organization;
"the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the
retirees"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Active \Ac"tive\, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.]
1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change;
communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to
passive, that receives; as, certain active principles;
the powers of the mind.
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2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body;
nimble; as, an active child or animal.
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Active and nervous was his gait. --Wordsworth.
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3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; --
opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as,
active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
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4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic;
diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish,
indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business;
active mind; active zeal.
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5. Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to
sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or
service; active scenes.
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6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical;
operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical;
as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
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7. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
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8. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease;
an active remedy.
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9. (Gram.)
(a) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to
passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
(b) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts
upon or affects something else; transitive.
(c) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct
from mere existence or state.
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Active capital, Active wealth, money, or property that
may readily be converted into money.
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Syn: Agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick;
sprightly; prompt; energetic.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
ACTIVE. The opposite, of passive. We say active debts, or debts due to us;
passive debts are those we owe.
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Thesaurus Results for active:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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