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See also:activé

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishactyf, fromOld Frenchactif, fromLatināctīv(us), fromagere(“to do, to act”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti. Bysurface analysis,act +‎-ive.

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active (comparativemoreactive,superlativemostactive)

  1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed topassive, that receives.
    Synonym:acting
    Antonym:passive
    certainactive principles
    theactive powers of the mind
  2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
    Synonyms:agile,nimble
    Antonyms:passive,indolent,still
    anactive child or animal
  3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
    Synonyms:in action,working,in force
    Antonyms:quiescent,dormant,extinct
    active laws
    active hostilities
    1. (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producingtremors.
  4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
    Synonyms:busy,deedful,diligent,energetic
    Antonyms:dull,sluggish,indolent,inert
    anactive man of business
    active mind
    active zeal
    • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition throughactive exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
  5. Requiring or implying action or exertion
    Synonym:operative
    Antonyms:passive,tranquil,sedentary
    active employment or service
    active scenes
  6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
    Antonyms:theoretical,speculative
    anactive rather than a speculative statesman
  7. Brisk; lively.
    anactive demand for corn
  8. Implying or producing rapid action.
    Antonyms:passive,slow
    anactive disease
    anactive remedy
  9. (heading, grammar)About verbs.
    1. Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed topassive. Seeactive voice.
    2. Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
    3. Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
  10. (computing, ofsource code) Eligible to be processed by acompiler orinterpreter.
    • 2006 December 24, David Williams, “satellite program”, incomp.lang.basic.visual.misc‎[1] (Usenet):
      I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines ofactive code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether.
    • 2012, Chris Grover, “Triggering Actions”, inAdobe Edge Preview 5: The Missing Manual, 3rd edition, Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media,→ISBN, page98:
      Edge uses green text for comments. This makes it easier for you to quickly differentiate betweenactive code and comments.
  11. (electronics) Notpassive.
  12. (gay sexual slang)(of a homosexual man) enjoying a role inanal sex in which hepenetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
    Synonym:top
    Antonyms:passive,bottom

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Translations

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having the quality or power of acting
quick in physical movement
in action
given to action
requiring or implying action or exertion
given to action rather than contemplation
brisk; lively
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Noun

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active (pluralactives)

  1. A person or thing that is acting orcapable of acting.
    • 1989,The Alcalde, volume78, number 2, page11:
      "Alumni could become more active in giving guidance and leadership to students. They act as sort of a 'maturity governor' on fraternities," notes Ratliff, citing surveys suggesting that fraternityactives presume mistakenly that alumni want hazing[…]
  2. (electronics) Any component that is notpassive. SeePassivity (engineering).
    • 2013, David Manners,Hitchhikers' Guide to Electronics in the '90s, page36:
      Components are split into two broad segments:actives and passives. Active components like the vacuum tube and the transistor contain the power to generate and alter electrical signals.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Verb

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active

  1. first-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofactivar
  2. third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofactivar

French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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active

  1. femininesingular ofactif

Verb

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active

  1. inflection ofactiver:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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active

  1. inflection ofactivar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromLatināctīvē.

Adverb

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active

  1. (grammar, obsolete)actively

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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active

  1. inflection ofactiv:
    1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
    2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
    3. weaknominative all-gendersingular
    4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

Interlingua

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Adjective

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active (not comparable)

  1. active

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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āctīvē (comparativeāctīvius,superlativeāctīvissimē)

  1. (grammar)actively

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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āctīve

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofāctīvus

References

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  • “active”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “active”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London:Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work:extrema manus accēdit operi (activeextremam manum imponere operi)
    • (ambiguous) to be some one's favourite:in amore et deliciis esse alicui (activein deliciis habere aliquem)

Middle English

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Adjective

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active

  1. alternative form ofactyf

Noun

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active

  1. alternative form ofactyf

Portuguese

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Verb

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active

  1. inflection ofactivar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Romanian

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Adjective

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active

  1. nominative/accusativefeminine/neuterplural ofactiv

Spanish

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Verb

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active

  1. inflection ofactivar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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