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العربية
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الصّيغة المعلوم
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Active
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
- (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
- (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
- (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
- (a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
- () Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
- (a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Synonyms:
Alive, Dynamic, Fighting, Participating, Physical,
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• Actively
- (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by ones own action; voluntarily, not passively.
- (adv.) In an active signification; as, a word used actively.
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Depend, Camphor, Keen, Sarcasm, Denotation, Perhaps, Incest, Collectively, Petits, Tympanites, Middle-Aged, Paging, Hypocrite, Obsessed, Incest, Forgive, Straightforward, Naked, Paging, Incest, Parished, Parished, Beautifull, Naked, Paging, Garlicky, Sneezing, Confession, Tornado, Confession, Moreing, Tornado, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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