Active

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.

In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.

Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.

Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.

Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.

Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.

Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.

Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.

Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.

Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.

a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "‘The boy threw the ball’ uses the active voice"