Active - Definition

adj 1: tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active
tuberculosis" [ant: inactive]
2: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on
active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the
fighting forces" [syn: active, combat-ready,
fighting(a)]
3: 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" [ant: inactive, passive]
4: taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club";
"he was politically active"; "the participating
organizations" [syn: active, participating]
5: characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler";
"active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
[ant: inactive]
6: exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an
active ingredient" [ant: inactive]
7: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an
active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
[ant: inactive]
8: in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still
alive"; "an active tradition" [syn: active, alive(p)]
9: (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of
sunspots and flares and radio emissions [ant: quiet]
10: expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic
function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
[ant: passive]
11: (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives
(e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action
rather than a state of being [syn: active, dynamic]
[ant: stative]
12: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting [ant: extinct]
13: (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active
volcanos" [ant: dormant, inactive]
14: engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past
retirement age he is still active in his profession" [ant:
inactive]
n 1: chemical agent capable of activity [syn: active agent,
active]
2: 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" [syn: active voice, active] [ant:
passive, passive voice]
3: a person who is a participating member of an organization;
"the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the
retirees"