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What does active mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word active? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
  2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
  3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
    1. (specifically, of a volcano) Being an active volcano. Compare extinct and dormant
  4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
  5. Requiring or implying action or exertion
  6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
  7. Brisk; lively.
  8. Implying or producing rapid action.
  9. (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.
Noun
  1. A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
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