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active
/ˈæktɪv/ adjectiveTranslation
INVOLVED › very involved in an organization or planned activity
planlı bir eylemde aktif, görevli
an active member of the church He played an active role in the campaign.1858BUSY › doing a lot of things, or moving around a lot
aktif, yerinde duramayan
Even at the age of 80 she's still very active.5691359GRAMMAR › An active verb or sentence is one in which the subject of the verb is the person or thing doing the action. For example 'Andy drove the car.' is an active sentence.
etken yapı
→ Compare passive adjective1230VOLCANO › An active volcano could throw out rocks, fire, etc at any time.
faal (yanardağ)
3781358(Definition of active adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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