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(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos" alive(p), eruptive engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces" operational being in physical motion; "active fish in the aquarium" moving taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations" involved in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition" existent characterized by energetic bodily activity; "tennis is an active sport"; "a very physical dance performance" energetic of the sun; characterized by a high level activity in sunspots and flares and radio emissions exerting influence or producing an effect; "an active ingredient" activated expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions" expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run'') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running'' in `running water'') a person devoted to the active life producing activity or change surface-active 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" activist, hands-on, proactive tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis" progressive full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account" brisk, bustling, busy, going(a), in full swing(p), open engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession" activated, on(p), practicing characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" about(p), acrobatic, agile, hot, hyperactive, lively, on the go(p) chemical agent capable of activity 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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