adj.
1.tending to become more severe or wider in scope
2.engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
3.disposed to take action or effectuate change
4.taking part in an activity
5.characterized by energetic activity
6.exerting influence or producing an effect
7.full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
8.in operation
9.of the sun
10.expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
11.expressing action rather than a state of being
12.(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
13.producing activity or change 14.engaged in full-time work 15.being in physical motion 16.characterized by energetic bodily activity active n.
1.chemical agent capable of activity
2.the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
3.a person devoted to the active life
