active

• 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
• a person who is a participating member of an organization
• tending to become more severe or wider in scope
• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
• disposed to take action or effectuate change
• taking part in an activity
• characterized by energetic activity
• exerting influence or producing a change or effect
• full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
• in operation
• (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
• expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: ´´Hemingway favors active constructions´´
• (used of verbs (e.g. ´to run´) and participial adjectives (e.g. ´running´ in ´running water´)) expressing action rather than a state of being
• (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
• (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
• engaged in full-time work
• Having the power or quality of acting
• Quick in physical movement
• In action
• Given to action
• Requiring or implying action or exertion
• Given to action rather than contemplation
• Brisk
• Implying or producing rapid action
• Applied to a form of the verb
• Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else
• Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Alabama

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