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Definition: Active |
ActiveAdjective1. (pathology) tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis". 2. (military) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces". 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". 4. Taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations". 5. Characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action". 6. Exerting influence or producing an effect; "an active ingredient". 7. Full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account". 8. In operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition". 9. In a state of habitual or vigorous activity; "an active man is a man of action". 10. : (astronomy; of the sun) characterized by a high level activity in sunspots and flares and radio emissions. 11. : (grammar) active voice. 12. : (grammar) expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water'). 13. : (of e.g. volcanos) being in a state of action or potential action; "active volcanos". 14. : producing activity or change. 15. : engaged in full-time work; "active duty" (military); "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession". 16. : being in physical motion; "active fish in the aquarium"; "a nurse is on the move all day". 17. : characterized by energetic bodily activity; "tennis is an active sport"; "a very physical dance performance". Noun1. Chemical agent capable of activity. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "active" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Active \Ac"tive\, adjective. [French expression actif, from Latin expression activus, from agere to act.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | 1. Transmitting a signal, as active satellite . Antonym of passive. 2. = radioactive, as active sample . 3. = fissionable, as active material .4. Receiving energy from some source other than a signal, as active element . (references) |
Chemical Industry | Processing or pertaining to radioactivity. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | Qualifies an investment management where the fund manager is seeking to'add value'by actively buying/selling stocks/bonds. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | Category which identifies the subject of a sentence as the actor and the object as the goal, with respect to the action or process denoted by the verb. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Active Active verbs, verbs which act on the noun governed. Active capital. Property in actual employment in a given concern. Active Commerce. Exports and imports carried to and fro in our own ships. Passive commerce is when they are carried in foreign vessels. The commerce of England is active, of China passive. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Military | In surveillance, an adjective applied to actions or equipments which emit energy capable of being detected. (references) |
Post & Telecom | At the user side of the interface(U10)(at the network side N10):state which exists for an incoming call when the user has received an acknowledgement from the network that the user has been awarded the call(the network has awarded the call to the called user). This state exists for an outgoing call when the user has received an indication(the network has indicated)that the remote user has answered the call. Source: European Union. (references) |
Solar | Solar activity levels with at least one geophysical event or several larger radio events (10cm) per day (Class M Flares). (references) |
| Geomagnetic levels such that 15 is less than Ap which is less than 29. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An active transformation is one which actually changes the physical state of a system and makes sense even in the absence of a coordinate system whereas a passive transformation is merely a change in the coordinate system of no physical significance. The distinction between active and passive transformations is one which should always be kept in mind when working with transformations. By default, by transformation,mathematicians usually mean active transformations, while physicists could mean either.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Active and passive transformation."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Active optics is a relatively new technology for reflecting telescopes. Active optics works by "actively" adjusting the telescope's mirrors. This method is used, among others, by the New Technology Telescope, the Keck telescopes and the VLT, as well as all new generation telescopes in design or building stages.Most modern telescopes are reflectors, with the primary element being a very large mirror. Historically, a fixed weight-to-diameter relation was used to build these mirrors, limiting their maximum diameter to 5 or 6 meters (200 or 230 inches), like in the Palomar Observatory.
A new generation of telescopes uses instead very thin mirrors, which are too thin to keep themselves rigidly in the correct shape. Instead, an array of actuators behind the mirror keeps it in an optimal shape.
The combination of actuators, a quality-of-image detector, and a real-time computer program to move the actuators to obtain the best possible image is termed active optics.
The "activeness" in their name means that the system keeps the primary mirror in its optimal shape against all environmental factors such as gravity (at different telescope inclinations), wind, telescope axis deformation, etc. Active optics correct all factors that may affect image quality at timescales of one second or more.
Active optics should not be confused with adaptive optics, which operates on a much shorter timescale to compensate for atmospheric effects, rather than for mirror distortion. Factors that affect the image at faster timescales (1/100th seconds or even less) are usually caused by the atmosphere and are not easily corrected with primary mirrors. For these, the adaptive optics technology has been developed for use with small corrective mirrors and recently for secondary mirrors.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Active optics."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ACD | English | Active control dashboard | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ActiveSynonyms: alive(p) (adj), combat-ready (adj), dynamic (adj), fighting(a) (adj), on the move(p) (adj), participating (adj), physical (adj), active agent (n), active voice (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: counteractive (adj), dormant (adj), extinct (adj), inactive (adj), passive (adj), quiet (adj), stative (adj), passive voice (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Verb: be active; Adjective: busy oneself in; stir, stir about, stir one's stumps; bestir oneself, rouse oneself; speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss; raise up, kick up a dust; push; make a push, make a fuss, make a stir; go ahead, push forward; fight one's way, elbow one's way; make progress; toll; (labor); plod, persist; (persevere) a; keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling. |
Have a hand in; (act in); take an active part, put in one's oar, have a finger in the pie, mix oneself up with, trouble, one's head about, intrigue; agitate. | |
Adjective: active, brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee; lively, animated, vivacious; alive, alive and kicking; frisky, spirited, stirring. | |
Attention | Active application, diligent application, exclusive application, minute application, close application, intense application, deep application, profound application, abstract application, labored application, deliberate application, active attention, diligent attention, exclusive attention, minute attention, close attention, intense attention, deep attention, profound attention, abstract attention, labored attention, deliberate attention, active thought, diligent thought, exclusive thought, minute thought, close thought, intense thought, deep thought, profound thought, abstract thought, labored thought, deliberate thought, active study, diligent study, exclusive study, minute study, close study, intense study, deep study, profound study, abstract study, labored study, deliberate study. |
Exertion | Bestir oneself (be active); take trouble, trouble oneself. |
Haste | Bestir oneself; (be active); lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant; make short work of; make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way. |
Physical Energy | Adjective: strong, energetic, forcible, active; intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk. |
Skill | Adjective: skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart; (active); proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant; (knowing). |
Velocity | Adjective: fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet; aliped; nimble, agile, expeditious; express; active; flying, galloping; Verb: light footed, nimble footed; winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic; light-legged, light of heel; swift as an arrow; Noun: quick as lightning; Noun: quick as a thought. |
Warfare | Serve; see service, be on service, be on active service; campaign; wield the sword, shoulder a musket, smell powder, be under fire; spill blood, imbrue the hands in blood; on the warpath. |
Battle, tug of war; (contention); service, campaigning, active service, tented field; kriegspiel, Kriegsspiel; fire cross, trumpet, clarion, bugle, pibroch, slogan; war-cry, war-whoop; battle cry, beat of drum, rappel, tom-tom; calumet of war; word of command; password, watchword; passage d-armes. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Active |
| English words defined with "active": active birth, active citizen, active placebo, active voice. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "active": ACTIVE CITIZEN, ACTIVE DARK FILAMENT, active DBMS, Active Directory, active entity, active fault, active implantable medical device, Active ingredient, Active Language I, ACTIVE LONGITUDE, active matrix display, active mining area, Active Monitor, active object, ACTIVE PROMINENCE REGION, Active Reconfiguring Message, Active Server Pages, ACTIVE SURGE REGION, active system ♦ contributing family workers,% of economically active population ♦ high active waste ♦ Immunotherapy, Active ♦ radiatively active gases ♦ unpaid family workers,% of economically active population. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "active": Slatterpouch. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Active" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (actively). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You have more area of active brain use than anybody ever tested -- ever -- because of those tentacles (Phenomenon; writing credit: Gerald Di Pego) The only active agent who ever lost a president (In the Line of Fire; writing credit: Jeff Maguire) Yeah, I know, that's why I play the drums - it's me active compensatory factor (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen) I always thought that when I fell in love, it would be with a musician or an artist or someone really politically active, not an alien that lives on human flesh (Amanda and the Alien; writing credit: Jon Kroll) They're pinging away with their active sonar like they're looking for something, but nobody's listening (The Hunt for Red October; writing credit: Larry Ferguson) | |
Lyrics | Both active in the FFA (Goodbye Earl; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) Lady's, just wanna hold a name that's active (Livin' It Up; performing artist: Ja Rule) | |
Clever | Active Socially: Drinks a lot. (references; author: unknown) Family Is Active Socially: Spouse drinks, too. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies (1914) Radio Active (1999) Active Stealth (1999) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Kaposi's sarcoma like lesion in athymic mouse - nude mouse. This lesion was induced by metabolically active cells 4x10(6) injected subcutaneously. Arrow indicated positive result. Left side was injected with fixed cells. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | DNA microarray technology is a powerful new research tool that allows scientists to assess the level of expression of a large subset of the 100,000 human genes in a cell or tissue. This technology can quickly produce a snapshot of the genes that are active in a tumor cell, critical information in narrowing the precise molecular causes of a cancer. Two different images available. First is of female lab technician sitting at computer that displays a microarray. The second is a man at same setting. Credit: Bill Branson. |
 | Histopathology of active toxoplasmosis of myocardium. Numerous tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii are visible within a pseudocyst in a myocyte. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | After a positive skin test, one is required to have a chest x-ray to see if the subject has the active form of the disease. Credit: CDC. |
 | F-15B ACTIVE with Thrust Vectoring Nozzles. Credit: NASA. |  | Probing the heart of the active galaxy NGC 6251, the Hubble telescope has provided a ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Astronomers announced today the discovery of a double nucleus in the active galaxy Markarian ... Credit: NASA. |  | Three-color filter image of the Galilean satellite, Io, one of the most volcanically active bodies in the solar system. Credit: NASA. |
 | Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #2 Reconnaissance chart of California coast Surveyed in 1852 by Captain James Alden on the C&GS Ship ACTIVE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A fumarole on an Aleutian Island The Aleutian islands are among the most volcanically active areas on Earth. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "In School III." by Slivester Chua Commentary: "This shot was taken on the corridor of Blk F, 2nd level, right outside my classroom, 2S2. I took advantage of the quietness, and it was totally emptied, unlike its most active hours." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Very active synthesizer with creeping sounds and synthesized flutes and strings. | | An acoustic piano and guitar duo with active piano and mellow guitar. |
| Falling synthesized glissandi with sustained strings and active percussion. . | | Rhythmic bass line and shaker for an active guitar solo. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Bovee | Active natures are rarely melancholy. -- Active and sadness are incompatible. |
Claude Bernard | Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. |
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton | Patience is not active; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active. |
| Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate. | |
Josiah Royce | Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living. |
Karl W. Hunboldt | Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work. |
Leonardo Da Vinci | Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | If anywhere they unite to form more compact bodies, this is not yet the consequence of their own active union, but of the union of the bourgeoisie, which class, in order to attain its own political ends, is compelled to set the whole proletariat in motion, and is moreover yet, for a time, able to do so. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Officers newly appointed must undertake to serve on the active list for twenty-five consecutive years at least. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | It was foolish, it was wrong, to take so active a part in bringing any two people together |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Once in a great while, the thoughts, that had seemed so vital and so active, yet had been put to rest so quietly, revived again |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | An active circulation kindled everything and penetrated everywhere |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They stood about, reluctant to make the first active move to go. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Become more physically active. (references) | |
This role is passive rather than active. (references) | ||
Fibroblasts appear to be metabolically active. (references) | ||
Business | CANITEC is a very active and professional institution. (references) | |
Most companies in the environmental sector are active in this sector. (references) | ||
The Diving Operators of the Philippines is very active in the Philippines. (references) | ||
Children | Bolivia | At least two NGO's, Fundacion La Paz and Q'Haruru, have active programs to combat child prostitution. (references) |
Vanuatu | Members of the extended family, particularly paternal uncles, play an active role in a child's development. (references) | |
Mauritania | NGO's increasingly have become active in raising public awareness of issues affecting persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Mozambique | There are 27 registered, active political parties. (references) |
Moldova | Nevertheless there is an active independent media. (references) | |
Eritrea | Students were sent to active duty or military training. (references) | |
Discrimination | Bhutan | Bhutanese human rights groups active outside the country claim that ethnic Nepalese actually make up approximately 35 percent of the country's population and that the Government underreports their number. (references) |
Economic History | Switzerland | OPIC is not active in Switzerland. (references) |
Mali | Mali is active in regional organizations. (references) | |
Human Rights | Niger | The ICRC was active in the country. (references) |
Rwanda | The ICRC operated normally and was active in visiting prisons. (references) | |
Ecuador | The investigation remains active but progress appears unlikely. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Peru | Many indigenous persons lack basic documents such as a birth certificate or a voter's registration card that normally would identify them as full citizens and enable them to play an active part in society. (references) |
El Salvador | Early in the 20th century, facing active repression, most indigenous people adopted local customs and successfully assimilated into the general population, from which they now are generally indistinguishable. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | The Roma police patrols continued to be active and effective. (references) |
Political Economy | URUGUAY | U.S. banks continue to be very active. (references) |
Turkey | Other terror groups do remain active, however. (references) | |
GHANA | Ghana is a member and active participant in the WTO. (references) | |
Political Rights | Monaco | The Prince plays an active role in Government. (references) |
Ecuador | The law does not permit active duty members of the military to vote. (references) | |
Niger | Five of the country's 11 active political parties are represented in the National Assembly. (references) | |
Trade | Pakistan | IFC is very active in Pakistan. (references) |
Mexico | EXIM is extremely active in Mexico. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | Foreign banks are active in Kazakhstan. (references) | |
Travel | Romania | Office space is also available from the many real estate agencies active in all major cities. (references) |
Women | Belarus | There was an active women's political party. (references) |
Jamaica | A number of active women's rights groups exist. (references) | |
Worker Rights | East Timor | These unions were weak, but active. (references) |
Kenya | Many NGO's also are active in this area. (references) | |
Indonesia | At least a dozen NGO's are active in combating trafficking in persons. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust. "Chief Deputy," the Master cried, "To-day the books are to be tried By experts and accountants who Have been commissioned to go through Our office here, to see if we Have stolen injudiciously. Please have the proper entries made, The proper balances displayed, Conforming to the whole amount Of cash on hand -- which they will count. I've long admired your punctual way -- Here at the break and close of day, Confronting in your chair the crowd Of business men, whose voices loud And gestures violent you quell By some mysterious, calm spell -- Some magic lurking in your look That brings the noisiest to book And spreads a holy and profound Tranquillity o'er all around. So orderly all's done that they Who came to draw remain to pay. But now the time demands, at last, That you employ your genius vast In energies more active. Rise And shake the lightnings from your eyes; Inspire your underlings, and fling Your spirit into everything!" The Master's hand here dealt a whack Upon the Deputy's bent back, When straightway to the floor there fell A shrunken globe, a rattling shell A blackened, withered, eyeless head! The man had been a twelvemonth dead. Jamrach Holobom |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | I do what a lot of people do in America. I give it away. I give it away to all kinds of charities and have and I continue. I favor children's charities, orphans, discouraged children, the Children's Bureau of Los Angeles, where my wife is very active. |
Mary Tyler Moore | Nobody knows how you get it. They know certain things about it, that the predisposition to get it is genetic. You start with that. Either a virus, a trauma, either physical or an emotional one, can bring it on into active diabetes. |
Senator Paul Sarbanes | Well, first of all, I think that is the general perception. I don't think it makes it impossible for the president to be a reformer, but it means he's got to be very active and very much out in front in the reform efforts. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | To an active external commerce the protection of a naval force is indispensable. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | An active warfare has been kept up for years with alternate success, though generally to the advantage of the American patriots. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This campaign has evinced the efficient organization of the Army and its capacity for prompt and active service. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | We have before us the beneficial results of the Washington conference and the various consultations recently held upon European affairs, some of which were in response to our suggestions and in some of which we were active participants. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | One proposition is that lasting peace requires genuine understanding and active cooperation among the most powerful nations. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | All reservists are assigned to units structured to complement and provide needed depth to our active forces. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Better, more active harbors translate into stable jobs in our coalfields, railroads, trucking industry, and ports. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | My plan would modify the passive-loss rule for active real-estate developers. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Gore will host their annual family conference this June on what we can do to make sure that parents are an active part of their children's learning all the way through school. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Active" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Active" is used about 7,282 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7,282 | 1,328 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| France | Lagardere Active Broadcast S.A. | Ireland | First Active plc |
| Sweden | Active Biotech AB | USA | Active IQ Technologies, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "active": active account ♦ active aerial ♦ active agent ♦ active air defense ♦ active alive ♦ active anode ♦ active antenna ♦ active application ♦ active army ♦ active attention ♦ active balance ♦ active birth ♦ active brain ♦ Active capital ♦ active citizen ♦ active control dashboard ♦ active DBMS ♦ active debt ♦ active demand ♦ Active Denial Technology ♦ active devices ♦ active Directory ♦ active duty ♦ active file ♦ active forces ♦ active galactic nucleus ♦ active gas ♦ active homing guidance ♦ Active hyperaemia ♦ Active imagery ♦ active immunity ♦ active implantable electromedical device ♦ active implantable electromedical equipment ♦ active implantable medical device ♦ active ingredient ♦ active Language I ♦ active laundry ♦ active list ♦ active management dashboard ♦ active market ♦ active material ♦ active matrix display ♦ active matrix screen ♦ active MC ♦ active member ♦ active mine ♦ active mode road accompanied transport ♦ active mode/road unaccompanied transport ♦ active Monitor ♦ active multipoint controller ♦ active nature ♦ active network ♦ active object ♦ active part of a timeslot ♦ active participle ♦ active pedestrian protection system ♦ active placebo ♦ active pressure ♦ active principle ♦ active public information ♦ active public information policy ♦ active radio jamming ♦ active range ♦ active reach ♦ active Reconfiguring Message ♦ active repentance ♦ active Server Pages ♦ active service ♦ active set ♦ active site ♦ active sports ♦ active study ♦ active substance ♦ active thought ♦ active thunderstorm area ♦ active toxic ingredient ♦ active transducer ♦ active transport ♦ active trust ♦ Active valeric acid ♦ Active verb ♦ Active voice ♦ active volcano ♦ Active wealth ♦ be active ♦ contributing family workers,% of economically active population ♦ DAC active ♦ discharge from active service ♦ economically active population ♦ high active waste ♦ highly active antiretroviral therapy ♦ most active members of party organization ♦ on active service ♦ optically active ♦ optically active material ♦ pharmacologically active drug ♦ photosynthetically active radiation ♦ play an active role ♦ reporting for active service ♦ sexually active ♦ sexually active period. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "active": active-birth, active-centre, active-duty, active-elderly, active-issues, active-looking, active-low, active-minded, active-region, active-region-like, active-ride, active-site, active-still. | |
Ending with "active": highly-active, hyper-active, inter-active, ir-active, multi-active, non-active, over-active, pro-active. | |
Containing "active": radio-active fall-out, semi-active homing, semi-active homing guidance, surface-active agent, Surface-Active Agents. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
active x | 2,995 | active brain brain occur very wave when | 83 |
active authorware media window x | 1,140 | port active | 82 |
active | 552 | active desktop wallpaper | 82 |
active directory | 523 | active release technique | 81 |
active perl | 456 | active learning | 81 |
active x control | 446 | active speed | 78 |
active x download | 432 | most active stock | 70 |
active desktop | 350 | active electronics | 67 |
active server page | 303 | active group ietf working | 62 |
active sync | 212 | radio active | 60 |
pro active | 204 | active guard reserve | 58 |
active adult community | 191 | active transport | 57 |
active wallpaper | 174 | free active x | 55 |
active dayton | 162 | active x viewer | 54 |
active wear | 130 | active cam web | 53 |
active mail order | 124 | active undelete | 51 |
zip active x | 112 | active trader | 51 |
active microsoft sync | 109 | active bass | 51 |
active listening | 104 | active voice | 50 |
active volcano | 93 | active free wallpaper | 50 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "active"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | arbeidsaam (hardworking), aktief (in action), bedrywig. (various references) | |
Albanian | aktiv (asset, bustling, lively, working), veprues (acting, functional, going, operative), vepror, i hedhur (alive, castaway, energetic, frisky, mercurial, refuse, skittish), energjik (abuzz, aggressive, busily, dapper, drastic, dynamic, eager, energetic, forceful, full of beans, get going, high-spirited, live, lively, peppy, punchy, pushing, rattling, snappy, stirring, sturdy, vigorous, vital, zippy). (various references) | |
Arabic | فعلي (actual, de facto, effective, effectual, factual, intrinsic, intrinsical, practical, verbal), فعال (businesslike, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, energetic, forceful, forcible, functional, living, operative, potent, reliable, trenchant, valid, virtuous), مفعم بالحيوية (animate, animated, brisk, dynamic, energetic, full of energy, full of life, full of vigor, lively, lusty, peppy, spirited, sprightly, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy), ناشط (alive, brisk, busy, furious, kinetic, pragmatic, smart, stirring, vivid), نشيط (adroit, alert, athletic, dapper, driving, energetic, forceful, hustler, jaunty, live wire, lively, proud, robust, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stout, strenuous, vigorous, vivacious), نشط (activate, animate, bestir oneself, brisk, buoyant, elevate, ginger, harden, hum, invigorate, live, liven, pep up, perk up, pick up, practising, pushing, quick, quicken, reactivate, rekindle, revive, rouse, stimulate, stringent, strong, vivify, waken), قائم فعلا, حي (alive, animate, animated, block, district, existent, graphic, graphical, lifelike, live, lively, living, neighborhood, neighbourhood, nod, part, pictorial, picturesque, quarter, reanimate, recall, regenerate, section, vivid, ward), عملي (businesslike, doable, earthy, feasible, functional, handy, matter of fact, monetary, positive, practical, virtual, workable), عامل (agent, cooperative, employee, engine, fillip, hand, industrious, ingredient, laborer, labourer, process, use, working, workman), جاهد (militate, painstaking, strive, strove), رشيق (agile, airy, alert, brisk, clever, dapper, facile, fleet, fluent, fluid, graceful, lightsome, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, lively, merry, nimble, nippy, quick, ready, sharp, spry, svelte, swift, willowy, zippy), دائر (circulating, in process, in progress, occurring, revolving), بهمة دائمة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | в действие (afoot, alive, operational), оживен (alive, animate, animated, brisk, bustling, crisp, effervescent, heated, hilarious, lively, racy, roaring, rousing, rush, spirited, sprightly, stirring, thriving, vivacious), жив (above ground, agile, alert, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, mobile, nervous, nimble, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, sharp, skittish, snappy, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vital, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), ефикасен (effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, helpful, operative, potent, sovereign), енергичен (arduous, brisk, demon, driving, energetic, enterprising, firm, go-go, hearty, keen, live, nervous, pithy, pushing, red blooded, robust, sharp, smart, snappy, spanking, spicy, spirited, spunky, strong-minded, up and coming, vigorous, vital, youthful, zappy, zippy), активен (energetic, militant), пъргав (agile, alert, alive, deft, elastic, lissom, lithesome, lively, nifty, nimble, nippy, pretty, prompt, quick, ready, resilient, sinuous, smart, snappy, spring, spry, versatile, volatile, wanton, warm, whippy, zippy), действуващ (alive, effective, operable, operating, operative), действителен залог, деен (busy, positive, stirring, vigorous). (various references) | |
Catalan | actiu (in action). (various references) | |
Chinese | 積極 (energetic, positive, proactive, vigorous), 活躍 (vigorous), 活跃 (frisky), 活潑 (brisk, lively, vivacious), 娓 (comply with). (various references) | |
Czech | aktivní (bustling, regular), bystří, úèinný (effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, operative, practical, telling), živý (airy, alive, animated, bright, brisk, chirpy, clear, exhilarating, gay, heated, high-spirited, lifelike, live, lively, living, mercurial, perky, pleasant, quick, racy, sprightly, vivacious, vivid), èinný (operative), èilý (alert, brisk, forward, spirited, sprightly, spry, swift). (various references) | |
Danish | aktiv (in action). (various references) | |
Dutch | actief (assets, in action), werkzaam (effective, effectual, efficacious, hardworking, in action). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aktiva, agema. (various references) | |
Faeroese | arbeiðssamur (hardworking). (various references) | |
Farsi | فعال (Astir, Energetic, Pragmatic, Smacker, Spirituous, Strenuous, Trig), مولد (Birthplace, Productive, Reproductive), متعدی , معلوم (Apparent, Cretain, Definite, Given, Intelligible, Obvious, Overt), کنش گر, کنش ور, کاری (Drastic, Effective, Energetic), حاضربخدمت , تنزل بردار, ساعی (Assiduous, Diligent, Industrious, Laborious, Painstaking, Sedulous, Studious), دایر (Live, Open), باربح . (various references) | |
Finnish | aktiivinen (N 10, U10). (various references) | |
French | actif (in action), agissant. ( |
