activity

activity

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English

Etymology

From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, [ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi], /ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/, [ækˈtɪv.ə.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -ɪvɪti

Noun

activity (countable and uncountable, plural activities)

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

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:activity

Antonyms

  • rest
  • passivity

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Further reading

  • “activity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “activity”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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