active
IPA: ˈæktɪv
noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
adjective
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- Brisk; lively.
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- (heading, grammar) About verbs.
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- (electronics) Not passive.
- (gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
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Examples of "active" in Sentences
- Jack was an only child to active socialist and freethinker parents.
- The school is also active in sports and extracurricular activities.
- Adults are active in the fall and are more modestly active in April.
- I do not expect using IRC or such to impact my activeness on wikipedia.
- His work in the plantation made him physically strong and spiritually active.
- With her intelligence and activeness, she was the beloved child of her family.