active
adjective
/ˈæk.tɪv/
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- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
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attivo
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activity
noun
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/
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/ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
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/ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiː/
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[ækˈtɪv.ə.ɾi]
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[ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi]
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- (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.
- (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- The property of substances to react with other substances
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attività
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- (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
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attività,
svago
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activate
verb
/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/
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- (transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
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attivare
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activation
noun
/ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/
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/ˌæktɪˈveɪʃən/
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- Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
- (physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
- (biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react.
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attivazione
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activator
noun
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- (biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.
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attivatore
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activism
noun
/ˈæk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/
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[ˈæk.tɪ.vɪ.zm̩]
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- The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
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attivismo
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activable
adjective
/ˈæktɪvəbl, -bəl/
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- Capable of being activated
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attivabile
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