Meaning of activity in English

activity

noun

/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/ us

/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/

activity noun (MOVEMENT)

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B2 [ U ]

the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are moving around:

economic activity Economists are concerned by the low level of economic activity.

business activity Experts predict that this could depress business activity for years.

flurry of activity There was a sudden flurry of activity when the director walked in.

There was a lot of activity in preparation for the Queen's visit.

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activity

activityThere were several police vans and a lot of activity in the area.
hubbubI couldn't find her with all the hubbub going on.
bustleI miss the bustle of the big city.
hustle and bustleShe got used to the hustle and bustle of daily life.
flurry of activityWhat was the reason behind this sudden flurry of activity?
burst of activityIt's usually quiet in the shop, but occasionally we have a sudden burst of activity.

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The house, usually bustling with activity, was strangely silent.
There is increased volcanic activity in the region.
Have you seen the feverish activity in the kitchen?
The house was a hive of activity on the day before the wedding.
After a sudden burst of activity, the team seemed to run out of energy again.

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Acting and acts

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activity noun (WORK)

B2 [ C or U ]

the work of a group or organization to achieve an aim:

He was found guilty of terrorist activity.

criminal activities

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your actions

actionYou should take responsibility for your own actions.
actThis was considered to be an act of war.
thingThat’s the last thing you should be doing if you’re pregnant.
activityNot all of her business activities were scrupulously clean.
moveApplying for that job was a good move.
deedTheir evil deeds must not go unpunished.

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After weeks of frenetic activity, the job was finally finished.
Textbook writing can be an intellectually and financially rewarding activity.
There was a sudden spurt of activity in the housing market.
There has been a lot of criminal activity in the town lately.
He was imprisoned for his terrorist activities.

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Work, working and the workplace

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activity noun (ENJOYMENT)

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something that is done for enjoyment, especially an organized event:

His spare-time activities include cooking, tennis, and windsurfing.

We offer our guests a wide range of outdoor/sporting activities.

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These activities should be available to all pupils, not just a select few.
She does a variety of fitness activities.
Hostile feelings and violent responses often seem to be sublimated into sporting activities.
indoor activities
leisure activities

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Pastimes - general words

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(Definition of activity from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

activity | American Dictionary

activity

noun [ C/U ]

/ækˈtɪv·ɪ·t̬i/

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the doing of something, or something that you are doing, have done, or could do:

[ C ] There were lots of activities for children at the museum.

[ C ] Her favorite activity is visiting antique shops.

[ U ] Carbon dioxide is also produced by human activity.

(Definition of activity from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

activity | Business English

activity

noun

/ækˈtɪvəti/ us

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[ U ]

a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done:

business/commercial/economic activity Any conflict has the potential to disrupt business activity.

manufacturing/marketing/trading activity

boost/increase activity This package of tax cuts and spending increases is designed to boost economic activity over the next year.

The increased level of activity in our principal markets flattened out during the first half of this year.

[ C, usually singular ]

the work of a person, group, or organization to achieve something, especially to make money:

The company's activities stretch from Australia to the US.

We invest primarily in companies which have their principal business activities in the Pacific Basin.

manufacturing/marketing/management activities

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Examples of activity

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To the extent that conversations are implicitly expected or planned to co-occur with dinners, coffee breaks, or other scheduled activities, they are also temporally constrained.

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While associations are more visible, low-profile activity by individual business players has been geared towards influencing the policymaking process from within.

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This study was part of a larger qualitative investigation of older women, physical activity and health.

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In this early period, the government did not intervene in such activities as long as they retained a purely philanthropic goal.

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They are distinguished from mental activity that is purely verbal or abstract.

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The objective reality in which an individual lives and acts is not "purely natural" but includes products of former human social activity.

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Little information is available on how much time was spent on labour activities once pupils had left school.

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In the school situation, pupils were interested in the learning experiences of other groups and wanted to do the same musical activities.

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First, pricing and other policies that artificially 'subsidize' the returns to conversion activities on forest land or the costs of conversion need to be reformed.

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These actions may induce movements in nominal stock returns that cancel out or taper off those induced by innovations in real activity or inflation.

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This included neurons with anticipatory activity, "vigilance," and activity related to the reinforcing qualities of the reward itself.

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A systematic formalism to define activities and business processes is presented, as well as clear mathematical formulation and template representations.

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Again, it is difficult to conceive of an explanation of this replay of activity patterns that does not involve memory consolidation, transfer, or integration.

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There have been reports of some localised fumarole activity during the past 100 years, and a new lava flow broke out only 20 years ago.

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In the present work we wanted to verify whether oocytes recovered from preantral follicles were able to acquire calcium activity during follicle culture.

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Collocations with activity

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academic activity

Architecture predates the academic activity.

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activity participation

Therefore, stable parent activity participation is assumed a requisite to any impact on child-related adjustment.

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agricultural activity

There is no grazing, nor any other agricultural activity.

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Translations of activity

in Chinese (Traditional)

活動, 活躍, 繁忙…

Meaning of activity in English

activity noun (MOVEMENT)

activity noun (WORK)

activity noun (ENJOYMENT)

activity | American Dictionary

activity | Business English

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