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* French: {{t+|fr|actif}}
* French: {{t+|fr|actif}}
* German: {{t+|de|gewandt}}, {{t+|de|flink}}
* German: {{t+|de|gewandt}}, {{t+|de|flink}}
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{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|すばしっこい|tr=subashikkoi}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|すばしっこい|tr=subashikkoi}}
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{{trans-mid}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|aktīvs}}, {{t|lv|darbīgs}}, {{t|lv|kustīgs}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|aktīvs}}, {{t|lv|darbīgs}}, {{t|lv|kustīgs}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|acti}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|acti}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|agema}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|agema}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|usin}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|usin}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|aktiivinen}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-mid}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|aktiivinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|actif}}
* French: {{t+|fr|actif}}
* German: {{t+|de|tätig}}
* German: {{t+|de|tätig}}
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* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|活躍|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|活跃|tr=huóyuè|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|活躍|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|活跃|tr=huóyuè|sc=Hani}}
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* Estonian: {{t+|et|elav}}
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{{trans-mid}}
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* Estonian: {{t+|et|elav}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|活発|tr=かっぱつ, kappatsu}}, {{t+|ja|ぴちぴち|tr=pichipichi}}, {{t|ja|ぴんぴん|tr=pinpin}}, {{t+|ja|活躍|tr=かつやく, katsuyaku}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|活発|tr=かっぱつ, kappatsu}}, {{t+|ja|ぴちぴち|tr=pichipichi}}, {{t|ja|ぴんぴん|tr=pinpin}}, {{t+|ja|活躍|tr=かつやく, katsuyaku}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|kustīgs}}, {{t|lv|mundrs}}, {{t|lv|možs}}, {{t|lv|spirgts}}, {{t|lv|žirgts}}, {{t|lv|ņiprs}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|kustīgs}}, {{t|lv|mundrs}}, {{t|lv|možs}}, {{t|lv|spirgts}}, {{t|lv|žirgts}}, {{t|lv|ņiprs}}
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* [[cavité#French|cavité]]
* {{l/fr|cavité}}


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===Adverb===
===Adverb===
{{head|la|adverb|head=āctīvē}}
{{la-adv|head=āctīvē}}


# {{label|la|grammar}} [[actively]]
# {{lb|la|grammar}} [[actively]]


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{la-adj-form|actīve}}
{{la-adj-form|actīve}}

# {{inflection of|actīvus||voc|m|s|lang=la}}
# {{inflection of|actīvus||voc|m|s|lang=la}}


Revision as of 09:13, 18 April 2015

See also: activé

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) actif, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) actif, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) activus, from (deprecated template usage) agere; see act.

Pronunciation

Adjective

active (comparative more active, superlative most active)

  1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
    certain active principles;  the active powers of the mind
  2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
    an active child or animal
  3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.
    active laws;  active hostilities
    1. (specifically, of a volcano) Being an active volcano.
  4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert.
    an active man of business;  active mind;  active zeal
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      This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
  5. Requiring or implying action or exertion;—opposed to sedentary or to tranquil.
    active employment or service  active scenes
  6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical.
    an active rather than a speculative statesman
  7. Brisk; lively.
    an active demand for corn
  8. Implying or producing rapid action.
    an active disease;  an active remedy
  9. (heading, grammar) About verbs.
    1. Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
    2. Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
    3. Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
  10. (gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Translations

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See also

Noun

active (plural actives)

  1. A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) active

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present subjunctive of activar
  2. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular present subjunctive of activar

French

Adjective

Template:fr-adj-form

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) feminine of actif

Verb

Template:fr-verb-form

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present indicative of activer
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular present indicative of activer
  3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present subjunctive of activer
  4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present subjunctive of activer
  5. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) second-person singular imperative of activer

Anagrams

Latin

Adverb

āctīvē (comparative āctīvius, superlative āctīvissimē)

  1. (grammar) actively

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) actīve

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) vocative masculine singular of actīvus

Portuguese

Verb

Template:pt-verb-form

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present subjunctive of activar
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular present subjunctive of activar
  3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular imperative of activar
  4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular imperative of activar

Romanian

Pronunciation

Adjective

active

  1. Template:ro-adj-form of
  2. Template:ro-adj-form of
  3. Template:ro-adj-form of
  4. Template:ro-adj-form of

Spanish

Verb

Template:es-verb-form

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of activar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of activar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of activar.
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