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# active

adjective (active, more active, most active)

«active» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Active means moving around and doing things a lot: an active puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#m1)
2. Active means working or taking part in something: an active member of the club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#m2)
3. An active volcano is one that can still erupt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#m3)
4. In grammar, an active sentence is one where the subject does the action (The dog chased the ball). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#m4)
5. Active service means serving as a soldier, sailor or airman, often in a war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#m5)

### In the lessons

In health lessons, children should be active (running, playing, sport) for about an hour a day to keep the heart and muscles strong. In science: nocturnal animals are active at night; active volcanoes. In grammar lessons: active and passive voice. Phrases: stay active, active at night, active volcano, take an active part.

### Examples

- Puppies are very active. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#x1)
- Stay active by playing outside every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#x2)
- Owls are active at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#x3)
- Mount Etna is an active volcano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#x4)
- She is an active member of the chess club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#x5)
- My grandad is still very active at 80. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#x6)
- «The cat ate the fish» is an active sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#x7)
- Bats are active after sunset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/#x8)

### Note

Comparative: more active, most active. Opposite: inactive, lazy (for people), passive (in grammar), dormant or extinct (for volcanoes). Noun: activity.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah, the elements are said to divide into active and passive, or male and female, forces.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the three "mother" letters Aleph, Mem and Shin as the roots of air, water and fire, whose opposing forces are balanced by a third.

### Examples

- The Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, are a great Mystery, very admirable and most recondite, and sealed as with six rings; and from them proceed Air, Fire, and Water, which divide into active and passive forces. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x1)

### Note

Comparative: more active, most active. Opposite: inactive, lazy (for people), passive (in grammar), dormant or extinct (for volcanoes). Noun: activity.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «active» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/active/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«active» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/active.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «active» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«active» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/active.html) on Mova free.