Word

activity, n.
(activities)
freq. cnt. 92

any specific behavior
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 43

activity

sample sentences

"they avoided all recreational activity"

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act, human action, deed, human activity

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update variation, variance space walk domesticity operation operation practice, pattern recreation, diversion cup of tea, bag, dish follow-up, followup game turn, play music acting, playacting, playing, performing liveliness, animation burst, fit work works, deeds service job, business, occupation, line, line of work occupation writing, committal to writing role wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus waste, wastefulness, dissipation effort, attempt, try, endeavor, endeavour control protection sensory activity education, instruction, teaching, educational activity, pedagogy, didactics training, preparation, grooming representation creation, creative activity disassembly, dismantling, dismantlement puncture search, hunting, hunt use, usage, utilization, exercise, employment, utilisation operation, military operation measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration calibration, standardization, standardisation organization, organisation grouping support, supporting continuance, continuation process, procedure ceremony ceremony worship energizing, activating, activation hiding, concealment, concealing location, position, placement, locating, positioning, emplacement provision, supply, supplying demand pleasure enjoyment, delectation lamentation, mourning laughter market, marketplace, market place politics preparation, readying assistance, help, aid, assist support behavior, conduct, behaviour, doings behavior, behaviour leadership, leading precession, precedence, precedency solo buzz fun release, outlet, vent last mystification, obfuscation negotiation verbalization, verbalisation disturbance, perturbation timekeeping

the state of being active
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 54 freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 18

action activeness activity

sample sentences

"his sphere of activity"
"he is out of action"

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active active active active active active active active active

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agency busyness, hum behavior, behaviour eruption, eructation, extravasation operation overdrive play swing

an organic process that takes place in the body
<noun.process> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 1

activity bodily function bodily process body process

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"respiratory activity"

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organic process, biological process

the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
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activeness activity

sample sentences

"the level of activity declines with age"

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active active active

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active inactive active

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animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification dynamism, pizzazz, pizzaz, oomph, zing

a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
<noun.process> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

action activity natural action natural process

sample sentences

"the action of natural forces"
"volcanic activity"

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process, physical process

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radiation absorption acidification adiabatic process aeration antiredeposition capture capture centrifugation chemical process, chemical change, chemical action chromatography concretion condensation convection curdling, clotting, coagulation decay demagnetization, demagnetisation desorption diffusion dissolution, disintegration distillation, distillment drift effervescence electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis establishment, ecesis extinction extraction feedback filtration flocculation flow formation fossilization, fossilisation geological process, geologic process hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing inactivation ion exchange ionization, ionisation leach, leaching magnetization, magnetisation, magnetic induction materialization, materialisation nuclear reaction opacification oscillation oxygenation pair production, pair creation, pair formation phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change precession of the equinoxes release saltation scattering sericulture sink soaking, soak, soakage softening sorption source stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification stimulation succession, ecological succession survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection synergism, synergy temperature change transduction transpiration vitrification

(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
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activity

sample sentences

"catalytic activity"

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chemistry, chemical science

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capacity, capability