active

Meanings

Adjective

• Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
• Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
• In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
• Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
• Requiring or implying action or exertion
• Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
• Brisk; lively.
• Implying or producing rapid action.
• About verbs.
• Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
• Not passive.
• enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.

Noun

• A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
• Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).

Origin

• From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin activus, from ago, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.
• Morphologically act + -ive.