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# active

«active» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **moving around and doing things a lot: an active puppy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (active, more active, most active)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Active means moving around and doing things a lot: an active puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#m1)

2) Active means working or taking part in something: an active member of the club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#m2)

3) An active volcano is one that can still erupt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#m3)

4) In grammar, an active sentence is one where the subject does the action (The dog chased the ball). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#m4)

5) Active service means serving as a soldier, sailor or airman, often in a war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah, the elements are said to divide into active and passive, or male and female, forces. Interpretation: Tradition reads the three "mother" letters Aleph, Mem and Shin as the roots of air, water and fire, whose opposing forces are balanced by a third. In the primary lessons: In health lessons, children should be active (running, playing, sport) for about an hour a day to keep the heart and muscles strong. In science: nocturnal animals are active at night; active volcanoes. In grammar lessons: active and passive voice. Phrases: stay active, active at night, active volcano, take an active part.

### examples

- The Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, are a great Mystery, very admirable and most recondite, and sealed as with six rings; and from them proceed Air, Fire, and Water, which divide into active and passive forces. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x1)
- Puppies are very active. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x2)
- Stay active by playing outside every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x3)
- Owls are active at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x4)
- Mount Etna is an active volcano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x5)
- She is an active member of the chess club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x6)
- My grandad is still very active at 80. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x7)
- «The cat ate the fish» is an active sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x8)
- Bats are active after sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/#x9)

### note

Comparative: more active, most active. Opposite: inactive, lazy (for people), passive (in grammar), dormant or extinct (for volcanoes). Noun: activity.

### In the corpora

- [New climbing frames, ropes, branches and hiding places are enrichment too, because new paths keep animals active and curious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/112-training-and-enrichment/10/)
- [City foxes are active mostly at night and find food in gardens and bins, so they need smaller areas than country foxes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits/7/)
- [Cats sleep about twelve to sixteen hours a day and are most active at dawn and dusk, when their prey is too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming/13/)
- [Dried tardigrades survive great cold, high pressure and radiation, but they are not immortal, and active tardigrades are quite fragile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/7/)
- [In the active voice the subject does the action: "The dog ate the cake."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «active» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/active/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.