Active vs X - What's the difference?
active | x |
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
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Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
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In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.
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# Being an active volcano.
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
Requiring or implying action or exertion;—opposed to sedentary or to tranquil.
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Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical.
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Brisk; lively.
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Implying or producing rapid action.
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About verbs.
#Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active 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.
(lb) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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