activity
pronunciation
How to pronounce activity in British English:
UK [ækˈtɪvəti]
How to pronounce activity in American English:
US [ækˈtɪvəti]
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- Noun:
- any specific activity
- the state of being active
- an organic process that takes place in the body
- (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
Word Origin
- activity (n.)
- c. 1400, "active or secular life," from Old French activité, from Medieval Latin activitatem (nominative activitas), a word in Scholastic philosophy, from Latin activus (see active). Meaning "state of being active, briskness, liveliness" recorded from 1520s; that of "capacity for acting on matter" is from 1540s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The carry-trade activity also hampers monetary policy .
- 2. Their brain activity totally changed .
- 3. The trick was finding a chemical that inhibited pkmzeta activity .
- 4. The oceans froze over when geologic activity died out .
- 5. Whether this translates into real activity remains a question-mark .