Activity

Quick meaning: Activity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

More Meanings

1. (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
2. (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
3. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
4. (physics) The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
5. The property of substances to react with other substances

Example Sentences

Pit row was abuzz with activity.

Quilting can be an enjoyable activity.

The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:activity.

Word Forms

• activities

Synonyms for activity

Depending on context, synonyms include doings, endeavor, enterprise, pursuance, pursuit, undertaking.

Antonyms for activity

Common opposites include rest, passivity, inertia, inaction, inactivity, inactiveness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include activeness, action, radioactivity, functioning, performance, purpose.

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