active
Adjective
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Tending to become more severe or wider in scope (synset 300037570)
domain category: pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseasessimilar: progressive - advancing in severity
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Disposed to take action or effectuate change (synset 300038863)
attribute: activeness, activity - the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energeticallysimilar:
- activist, activistic - advocating or engaged in activism
- hands-on - involving active participation
- proactive - (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
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Characterized by energetic activity (synset 300032087)
attribute: activeness, activity - the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energeticallysimilar:
- about, astir - on the move
- acrobatic, athletic, gymnastic - vigorously active
- agile, nimble, quick, spry - moving quickly and lightly
- hot - marked by excited activity
- hyperactive, overactive - more active than normal
- on the go - (of a person) very busy and active
- sporty - appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport
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Exerting influence or producing a change or effect (synset 300042677)
similar:
- activated - rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
- counteractive - opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action
- surface-active - capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents
- Full of activity or engaged in continuous activity (synset 300035578)
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions (synset 300043630)
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Expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: (synset 300042258)
domain category: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being (synset 300041840)
domain category: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)synonym: dynamic
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(of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting (synset 300041583)
also: live - exerting force or containing energy
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(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt (synset 300040548)
domain category: vent, volcano - a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases eruptsimilar: eruptive - actively spewing out lava
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Engaged in full-time work (synset 300034823)
similar: activated - (military) set up and placed on active assignment
Noun
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Chemical agent capable of activity (synset 114800963)
hypernym: chemical agent - an agent that produces chemical reactionssynonym: active agent
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The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb (synset 113825370)
hypernym: voice - (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotessynonym: active voice
- A person who is a participating member of an organization (synset 109784323)
Adjective
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Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations (synset 301664870)
domain category: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nationsimilar: operational - (military) of or intended for or involved in military operationssynonym: combat-ready, fighting
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Taking part in an activity (synset 301519363)
similar: involved - connected by participation or association or usesynonym: participating
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In operation (synset 300930614)
synonym: alive
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