active
ak tiv
- n chemical agent capable of activity
- n 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 - n a person who is a participating member of an organization
the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees - a tending to become more severe or wider in scope
active tuberculosis - s engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
on active duty - a 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 - s taking part in an activity
an active member of the club
he was politically active - a characterized by energetic activity
an active toddler
active as a gazelle
an active man is a man of action - a exerting influence or producing a change or effect
an active ingredient - a full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
an active seaport
an active bond market
an active account - s in operation
an active tradition - a (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- a expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
- a (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
- a (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
- a (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
active volcanos - a engaged in full-time work
active duty
though past retirement age he is still active in his profession
- For the new study, Lightfoot and his team bred two strains of mice active and inactive.
- When people perform mental tasks--adding numbers, comparing shapes, identifying faces--different areas of their brains become active, and brain scans show these active areas as .
- Europe's most active volcano comes back to life .