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n. - The trait of being energetic or lively

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Usage examples (37)
  • Adjective : an active life. ,active hostilities. ,active sports. ,active as a gazelle. ,an active market in wheat; an active list of...
  • Noun : The circular was mailed only to the actives on our list. ,On the stock market there was heavy trading in the actives
  • That inter-activeness is fun and unpredictable and can be educational.
  • And as for my own 'activeness' I've spent most of to-day in my dressing gown drinking tea.
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