Meaning of active | Babel Free

Definitions

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. up (a website, server, system, etc.; usually used when a website or server was previously "down" but is now back online)
4. top
5. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
6. asset (any property or material right of an enterprise or individual)
7. Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
   specifically
8. first-person singular present indicative of activar
9. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
10. Requiring or implying action or exertion
11. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
12. Brisk; lively.
13. Implying or producing rapid action.
14. About verbs.
15. Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
16. Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
17. Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
18. Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
19. Not passive.
20. enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“certain active principles”

“the active powers of the mind”

“an active child or animal”

“active laws”

“active hostilities”

“an active man of business”

“active mind”

“active zeal”

“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.”

“active employment or service”

“active scenes”

“an active rather than a speculative statesman”

“an active demand for corn”

“an active disease”

“an active remedy”

“I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether.”

“Edge uses green text for comments. This makes it easier for you to quickly differentiate between active code and comments.”

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