'active' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'active' with 19 example sentences.

active adjective

: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

: taking part in an activity

: in operation

: tending to become more severe or wider in scope

: disposed to take action or effectuate change

: characterized by energetic activity

: exerting influence or producing a change or effect

: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity

: (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions

: expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:

: (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

: (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting

: (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt

: engaged in full-time work

active noun

: chemical agent capable of activity

: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb

: a person who is a participating member of an organization

The volcano has become active again.

You have to be active.

He isn't as active as his brother.

She's very active for her age.

I want the young members to be more active.

My father is an active person.

He's active doing charity work.

Some animals are active at night.

The investigation is still active.

The stock market is very active.

He is an active person.

He played an active part in the revolution.

Are you still politically active?

I found Kate more active than her brother.

Our city sits on an active fault.

I think that China will play an active role.

Andrew became active in politics.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

He was active in the underground.

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