Betekenis van:
active

active
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • arbeidend
  • tending to become more severe or wider in scope
"active tuberculosis"
active
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • bedrijvend
  • expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
"Hemingway favors active constructions"
active
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • rusteloos; ongedurig; veel bewegend; druk
  • characterized by energetic activity
"an active toddler"
"active as a gazelle"

Hyperoniemen

active
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • met toewijding werkzaam
  • characterized by energetic activity
"an active toddler"
"active as a gazelle"

Hyperoniemen

active
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • turbulent; rumoerig; woelig; onrustig
  • characterized by energetic activity
"an active toddler"
"active as a gazelle"
active
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • metterdaad
  • characterized by energetic activity
"an active toddler"
"active as a gazelle"

Hyperoniemen

active
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • veel bewegend
  • characterized by energetic activity
"an active toddler"
"active as a gazelle"

Hyperoniemen

active
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • in operation
    "an active tradition"

    Synoniemen

    active
    Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • engaged in full-time work
      "active duty"
      "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"
      active
      Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
        • disposed to take action or effectuate change
        "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"
        "an active antagonism"
        active
        Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
          • full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
          "an active seaport"
          "an active bond market"
          active
          Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
            • engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
            "on active duty"

            Synoniemen

            active
            Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
            • actief, bedrijvend, werkdadig, werkend, werkzaam
            • taking part in an activity
            "an active member of the club"
            "he was politically active"

            Synoniemen

            active
            Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
              • exerting influence or producing a change or effect
              "an active ingredient"
              active
              Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
                • (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
                "active volcanos"
                active
                Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
                  • (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
                  active
                  Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
                    • (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
                    active
                    Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
                      • (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

                      Synoniemen

                      active
                      Zelfstandig naamwoord
                        • a person who is a participating member of an organization
                        "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"

                        Hyperoniemen

                        active
                        Zelfstandig naamwoord
                        • activum, bedrijvende vorm
                        • the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
                        "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"

                        Synoniemen

                        Hyperoniemen

                        active
                        Zelfstandig naamwoord
                          • chemical agent capable of activity

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                          Hyperoniemen


                          Voorbeeldzinnen

                          1. He's active and fit.
                          2. Mary is sexually active.
                          3. My mother is active.
                          4. Andrew became active in politics.
                          5. He's active performing good deeds.
                          6. Our city sits on an active fault.
                          7. Tom and Mary are active members.
                          8. She is as active as she looks.
                          9. There are many active volcanoes in Japan.
                          10. You need to become more active.
                          11. My grandfather is still active at eighty.
                          12. Mary isn't as active as her sister.
                          13. He became active in the Republican Party.
                          14. At seventy, he is still active.
                          15. The plan talks a lot about active citizenship. But it must be active and engaged citizenship.