activity

Meaning

  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. (countable, uncountable) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
  6. (countable, uncountable) The property of substances to react with other substances

Synonyms

action
A2
operation
B1
work
A1
business
A1
movement
B2
stir
C1
spirit
B1
zest
25k
gusto
22k
duty
B1
occupation
C1
job
A1
act
A2
liveliness
effort
B1
energy
B1
function
B2
bustle
25k
task
B2
vigour
37k
activeness
deed
C1
event
B1
quickness
performance
B1
motion
B2
exertion
33k
affair
B1
procedure
B2
dynamism
doing
A1
employment
C1
application
B2
prosperity
C2
play
A1
practice
B1
agility
26k
efforts
B2
efficiency
C2

natural process

solidity
agency
B2
briskness
mission
A2
behavior
B2
leaping
C2
labour
C1
life
A1
custom
C1
exercise
B2
Translations

activité
actividad
attività
Aktivität
Tätigkeit
atividade
acción
action
activiteit

δραστηριότητα

activitat

bedrijvigheid

handeling
azione
actividade
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiː/
Etymology

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

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