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A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
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Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
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Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
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certain active principles
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Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
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an active child or animal
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In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
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active hostilities
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Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
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active mind
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Requiring or implying action or exertion
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active employment or service
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Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
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an active rather than a speculative statesman
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Brisk; lively.
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an active demand for corn
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Implying or producing rapid action.
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an active disease
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(heading, grammar) About verbs.
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(of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
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Not passive.
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(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 a Sentence
It's still active but it goes to voice mail.
There's an active cult in the area.
Madame Roland took an active part in the political discussions in these reunions.
As a politician Virchow had an active career.
I was strong, active, indifferent to consequences.
I think it's great being active even after you've got a few grey hairs.
As I have said before, she is wonderfully bright and active and as quick as lightning in her movements.
This active old servant was unpacking the traveler's canteen and preparing tea.
How does he stay active?
My mind remained clear and active, "though fled fore'er the light."
Slaby and Braun were the most active.
The bed smelled of him, and her body ached from the active night.
The most active period of his life is that of his command on the Lakes during the War of 1812.
My father is chief in command of the Third District, and my only way of avoiding active service is to serve under him.
With her body no longer active and demanding attention, her mind was free to wonder.
All that July the old prince was exceedingly active and even animated.
Thompson proved a worthy successor to Whewell; the twenty years of his mastership were years of progress, and he himself took an active part in the abolition of tests and the reform of university studies and of the college statutes.
The doctor says her mind is too active; but how are we to keep her from thinking?
What a wonderfully active and retentive mind that gifted child must have!
Our active investigation is closed, but the file stays open until there's a body or a judge's ruling.
They tell us that Helen is "overdoing," that her mind is too active (these very people thought she had no mind at all a few months ago!) and suggest many absurd and impossible remedies.
On the capture of that city by the Goths in 474 he was imprisoned, as he had taken an active part in its defence; but he was afterwards restored by Euric, king of the Goths, and continued to govern his bishopric as before.
When he continued his progress eastwards across the Acesines, Porus was an active ally.
Nicholas even hoped for the active sympathy of Britain.
The protection of naturalized citizens who, on return to their native land, were subject to prosecution on charges of disloyalty, enlisted his active interest and support, and the agitation, in which he was conspicuous, led to the treaty of 1870 between the United States and Great Britain, which placed adopted and native citizens on the same footing.
On the twelfth of November, Kutuzov's active army, in camp before Olmutz, was preparing to be reviewed next day by the two Emperors--the Russian and the Austrian.
Rostov was particularly in need of money now that the troops, after their active service, were stationed near Olmutz and the camp swarmed with well-provisioned sutlers and Austrian Jews offering all sorts of tempting wares.
You write that in Petersburg he is spoken of as one of the most active, cultivated, and capable of the young men.
He also acted badly by concerning himself with the active army and disbanding the Semenov regiment.
After your active day, a mouth-watering steak might be just what you need to recharge.
Some active people who want to stay healthy adhere to a vegan diet.
But during the whole of this active life, many details of which are very interesting as illustrative of the life and manners of the time, he never lost sight of a design which he had formed at a very early period, of writing the history of those civil wars in France in which he had borne a part, and during which he had had so many opportunities of closely observing the leading personages and events.
Traube (1858), the active cause of fermentation is due to the action of different enzymes contained in yeast and not to the yeast cell itself.
It is certain that he took an active part in the restoration of Eton College, which Edward annexed to St George's, Windsor, in 1463, depriving it of a large part of its possessions.
These substances were regarded as being in some sense alive, and taking some active part in the development of being.
Varese is the seat of active silkspinning, tanning, paper-making and the manufacture of organs and vehicles.
Sent to join the French embassy in London, he made himself so active that he was recalled by the request of the ambassador, who feared his intrigues.
Gyula-Fellavar carries on an active trade in cereals, wine and cattle.
The 13th earl of Eglinton also set an example of active interest which many magnates emulated.
He must be regarded in His active relationship to the "kingdom," as spiritual personality revealed in spiritual purposiveness.
Austrias petty persecutions of her Italian subjects in the irredente provinces, her active propaganda incompatible with Italian interests in the Balkans, and the antiItalian war talk of Austrian military circles, imperilled the relations of the two allies; it was remarked, indeed, that the object of the alliance between Austria and Italy was to prevent war between them.
During the Civil War he was active in the work of the Sanitary Commission.
His son and successor, Julien Marie Gaston, born at Chartres on the 27th of March 1833, was an active legitimist deputy in the Assembly chosen at the close of the German War of 1870-1871.
In jurisprudence, which may be regarded as one of the outlying regions of literature, Roman genius had had some of its greatest triumphs, and, if we take account of the "codes," was active to the end.
General Johnston was recalled to active service, and showed his usual skill, but his forces were inadequate.
Immediately after South Carolina's secession, Blair, believing that the southern leaders were planning to carry Missouri into the movement, began active efforts to prevent it and personally organized and equipped a secret body of l000 men to be ready for the emergency.
The opposition to Wollner was, indeed, at the outset strong enough to prevent his being entrusted with the department of religion; but this too in time was overcome, and on the 3rd of July 1788 he was appointed active privy councillor of state and of justice and head of the spiritual department for Lutheran and Catholic affairs.
I have promised myself not to serve again in the active Russian army.
Petya was not at home, he had gone to visit a friend with whom he meant to obtain a transfer from the militia to the active army.
There's few foods as healthy as fresh seafood, which is perfect for those who like to stay active by hiking, biking and other outdoor activities.