Betekenis van active In het Nederlands

• 0 busy with a particular activity:

  • physically/mentally active

  • You have to try to keep active as you grow older.

• 1 involved in a particular activity:

  • Enemy forces remain active in the mountainous areas around the city.

  • She's very active in (= involved in) local politics.

  • Both of his parents were very politically active.

  • It is important to educate children before they become sexually active.

  • He takes a more active role in the team nowadays.

  • She's an active member of her trade union (= not only belongs to it, but does work to help it).

• 2 An active volcano is one that might erupt (= throw out hot liquid rock or other matter) at any time.

• 3 An active verb or sentence is one in which the subject is the person or thing that performs the stated action:

  • "Catrin told me" is an active sentence, and "I was told by Catrin" is passive.

• 4 →  the active voice

• 5 doing something as you usually do, or being able to do something physically or mentally:

  • He was still an active runner at 55.

  • She’s active in state politics (= involved in it).

  • She intends to remain politically active.

  • His National Guard unit was put on active duty (= made part of the regular fighting force).

• 6 describing a verb or sentence in which the subject is the person or thing that does what is stated:

  • In "Alex gave me a gift," the verb "give" is active, and in "I was given a gift by Alex," "give" is passive.

• 7 busy with or involved in a particular activity:

  • active in sth He expects to remain active in commodity trading in London.

  • She claims to be active in almost every aspect of her business.

• 8 doing something practical rather than allowing a situation to develop by itself:

  • an active member/participant He has been an active member of the Executive Committee since 2004.

  • an active part/role Employees who take an active part in the project feel more involved and more responsible about the results.

  • active participation/intervention

  • active in sth We would expect countries whose firms are highly globalized to be more active in adopting e-commerce.

• 9 involving a lot of buying and selling of shares, etc.:

  • active buying/trading Trading was most active in five-year maturities.

  • The session was active early, but volume dropped off after midday.

  • This made Intel the second-most active stock in U.S. trading.

• 10 used to describe a company that is selling goods and services or doing business, especially in a particular place:

  • Whitbread was especially active but several other brewers were also buying at the rate of 20 or 30 a year.

  • be active in sth The company is active in a wide range of businesses, including oil, chemicals, and construction.

  • Over the last ten years, the company has become active in Europe.

• 11 working or being used at a particular time:

  • active accounts/cardholders/customers The company has more than one million active cardholders, with about 44% of all group sales being made through the card.

  • active employees/members

  • The organization releases a weekly survey of the number of active oil and gas drilling rigs in the U.S. and Canada.

• 12 relating to programs, etc. that are being used at a particular time:

  • Click the associated tab in a bar running across the screen, and the selected page opens in the active window.