active
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- definition engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- definition disposed to take action or effectuate change
- definition taking part in an activity
- definition characterized by energetic activity
- definition exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- definition full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
- definition in operation
- definition (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- definition expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- definition (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- definition (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- definition (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- definition engaged in full-time work
- definition chemical agent capable of activity
- definition the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- definition a person who is a participating member of an organization