active
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(a) tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- active tuberculosis
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(s) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- on active duty
- the platoon is combat-ready
- review the fighting forces
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(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
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(s) taking part in an activity
- an active member of the club
- he was politically active
- the participating organizations
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(a) characterized by energetic activity
- an active toddler
- active as a gazelle
- an active man is a man of action
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(a) exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- an active ingredient
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(a) full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
- an active seaport
- an active bond market
- an active account
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(s) in operation
- keep hope alive
- the tradition was still alive
- 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 dynamic,
- (a) (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
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(a) (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
- active volcanos
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(a) engaged in full-time work
- active duty
- though past retirement age he is still active in his profession
Nouns
- (n) chemical agent capable of activity active agent,
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(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
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(n) a person who is a participating member of an organization
- the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees