active

«active» in Mova's school dictionary: moving around and doing things a lot: an active puppy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (active, more active, most active)

meaning for a pupil

1) Active means moving around and doing things a lot: an active puppy. tree →

2) Active means working or taking part in something: an active member of the club. tree →

3) An active volcano is one that can still erupt. tree →

4) In grammar, an active sentence is one where the subject does the action (The dog chased the ball). tree →

5) Active service means serving as a soldier, sailor or airman, often in a war. tree →

sense 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 →
• Stay active by playing outside every day. tree →
• Owls are active at night. tree →
• Mount Etna is an active volcano. tree →
• She is an active member of the chess club. tree →
• My grandad is still very active at 80. tree →
• «The cat ate the fish» is an active sentence. tree →
• Bats are active after sunset. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• New climbing frames, ropes, branches and hiding places are enrichment too, because new paths keep animals active and curious.
• City foxes are active mostly at night and find food in gardens and bins, so they need smaller areas than country foxes.
• Cats sleep about twelve to sixteen hours a day and are most active at dawn and dusk, when their prey is too.
• Dried tardigrades survive great cold, high pressure and radiation, but they are not immortal, and active tardigrades are quite fragile.
• In the active voice the subject does the action: "The dog ate the cake."

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «active» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.