Active

Definition

active /'æktÇv / adj ၁။ (က) ႏိုးၾကားထႂကြ [ေသာ]။ ဖ်တ္လတ္[ေသာ]။ သန္တုန္းျမန္တုန္း [ျဖစ္ေသာ]။ lead an active life ❍ She takes an active part local politics. ❍ Although he's quite old, he's still very active. (ခ) သြက္လက္ [ေသာ]။ ဖ်တ္လတ္ [ေသာ]။ have an active brain ❍ an active debate. ၂။ ႏိုးၾကားတက္ႂကြ [ေသာ]။ ထ[ေသာ]။ politically active ❍ sexually active teenagers (ie regularly having sex). ၃။ ရွင္ [ေသာ]။ an active volcano ❍ a virus active within the body. ၄။ ထိေရာက္ေသာ။ the active ingredients ❍ active resistance. ၅။ ေရဒီယိုသတၱိႂကြေသာ။ RADIOACTIVE ၆။ ( grammar ) ျပဳျခင္းျပ။ n (also active voice ) ျပဳျခင္းျပႀကိယာ။ In the sentence 'She cleaned the car' the verb is in the active. Compare PASSIVE ❏ actively adv တက္တက္ႂကြႂကြ။ စိတ္ဝင္တစား။ become actively involved in the project ❍ Your proposal is being actively considered. ❏ active service ( US also active duty ) n [U] တမ္းျပည့္ စစ္မႈထမ္းခ်ိန္။ on active service.

Examples

1. People are remaining active into later life.
2. Meditation techniques to keep the mind active and alert
3. [active in] : She continues to be active in politics.
4. [active member] : He is an active member of the American Cancer Society.
5. We had a very active weekend.
6. There are already active discussions going on.
7. Active steps are being taken to calm the situation.
8. We couldn’t have organized the show without the active support and participation of the students’ parents.
9. Pickpockets are known to be active in the area.
10. [sexually active] : Sexually active young women
11. The burglar alarm becomes active ten seconds after you set it.
12. What is the active ingredient in detergents?