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activity
- /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ UK
- /ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/ Canada, US
- [ækˈtɪv.ə.ɾi] Canada, US
- /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ Canada, US
- [ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi] Canada, US
- /ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/ Australia
- [ækˈtɪv.ə.ɾi] Australia
Rhymes with -ɪvɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active + -ity.
noun activities
- The state or quality of being active; activeness. Pit row was abuzz with activity.
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Something done as an action or a movement.
There has been a controversy in this sphere between economic materialism and the version of Marxism which ascribes an active and independent historical function to 'subjective' factors, i.e. the workings of the intellect and freely directed political activity.
Similar: pursuit, undertaking
- Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion. An increasing number of sports activities are on offer at the university.
- The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point. […]distinctions among states of affairs are reflected to a striking degree in distinctions among Aktionsart types. That is, situations are expressed by state verbs or predicates, events by achievement verbs or predicates, and actions by activity verbs or predicates.
- The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
- The property of substances to react with other substances
Similar: activity, doings, endeavor, enterprise, pursuance, pursuit, undertaking, venture · Opposite: rest, passivity
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: activeness, action, bodily process, radioactivity, bodily function, body process, natural action, natural process, functioning, performance, purpose, activation, operating, practice, event, function
noun
Similar: activity, doings, endeavor, enterprise, pursuance, pursuit, undertaking, venture · Opposite: rest, passivity
Translations
Every language
noun state or quality of being active
| Español | actividad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 활동 hwaldong |
| 日本語 | 活動 katsudō, アクティビティー akutibitī |
| 中文 | 活動 /活动 huódòng |
| हिन्दी | सक्रियता sakriytā |
| Português | atividade |
| Français | activité |
| Deutsch | Aktivität |
| Italiano | attività |
| Ελληνικά | δραστηριότητα drastiriótita |
| Română | activitate |
| Русский | де́ятельность déjatelʹnostʹ, акти́вность aktívnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | hoạt động |
| العربية | نَشَاط našāṭ |
| עברית | פְּעִילוּת p'ilút, מַעַשׂ |
noun something done as an action or a movement
| Español | actividad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 활동 hwaldong |
| 日本語 | 活動 katsudō |
| 中文 | 動作 /动作 dòngzuò |
| हिन्दी | क्रिया kriyā |
| Português | atividade |
| Français | activité |
| Deutsch | Aktivität, Handlung, Tätigkeit |
| Italiano | attività |
| Ελληνικά | δράση drási |
| Română | activitate |
| Русский | де́йствие déjstvije, мероприя́тие meroprijátije, де́ло délo |
| עברית | פְּעִילוּת p'ilút |
noun something done for pleasure or entertainment
| Español | actividad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 활동 hwaldong |
| 日本語 | 活動 katsudō |
| हिन्दी | क्रिया kriyā |
| Português | atividade |
| Français | activité |
| Deutsch | Aktivität, Unternehmung |
| Italiano | attività, svago |
| Ελληνικά | δραστηριότητα drastiriótita |
| Română | activitate |
| Русский | де́ло délo, заня́тие zanjátije |
| עברית | פְּעִילוּת p'ilút |
Talk about this word "activity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/activity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. activity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/activity "activity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/activity.Cite this
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title = {activity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/activity},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
