Betydning af active på engelsk

• 0 energetic or lively; able to work etc

  • At seventy, he’s no longer very active.

• 1 (busily) involved

  • She is an active supporter of women’s rights.

• 2 causing an effect or effects

  • Yeast is an active ingredient in bread-making.

• 3 in force

  • The rule is still active.

• 4 (of volcanoes) still likely to erupt.

• 5 of the form of a verb in which the subject performs the action

  • The verb ‘kicked’ is active in the sentence ‘The boy kicked the ball’.

• 6 the form of a verb whose subject is the person or thing that performs the action