Results for active

Definitions of active:

part of speech: adjective

Having or using the power or quality of motion or force; lively; busy; moving freely or quickly; in grammar, denoting the voice or form of the verb which represents the subject as a doer of something.

part of speech: adjective

That acts: busy: nimble: ( gram.) transitive.

part of speech: adverb

Actively.

part of speech: adjective

ACTIVITY, ACTIVENESS.

part of speech: adjective

Nimble; lively; not dull.

part of speech: noun

Activeness.

Usage examples for active:

• 2, 400 Active work ... "Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918)", C. Houston Goudiss and Alberta M. Goudiss

• He early proved himself a good soldier, and I learned he had seen considerable active service in Europe. "My Lady of the North", Randall Parrish

• Our girls have a longing for an active life not felt by the girls in any other country. "The Education of American Girls", Anna Callender Brackett

• This lean, active looking fellow with the nervous hands certainly looked as though he should be able to ride. "Captain Jim", Mary Grant Bruce