Meaning

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

    Pit row was abuzz with activity.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:activity.

    Aktivität

    де́ятельностьdéjatelʹnostʹ, акти́вностьaktívnostʹ

    дія́льністьdijálʹnistʹ, акти́вністьaktývnistʹ, чи́нністьčýnnistʹ

    the state of being active

  2. (countable)Something done as an action or a movement.

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

    Aktivität, Handlung, Tätigkeit

    де́йствиеdéjstvije, мероприя́тиеmeroprijátije, де́лоdélo

    акти́вністьaktývnistʹ, дія́льністьdijálʹnistʹ

  3. (countable)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.

    Quilting can be an enjoyable activity.

    Aktivität, Unternehmung

    де́лоdélo, заня́тиеzanjátije

    дія́льністьdijálʹnistʹ

  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

    Aktivität

Examples

473 sentences
  1. What's your favorite summer activity?

    Чим ти полюбляєш займатися влітку? — zinova

    ruЧем ты больше всего любишь заниматься летом? — Ooneykcall

  2. I don't engage in illegal activities.

  3. What's a group activity you enjoy?

  4. She takes part in many school activities.

    ruОна участвует во многих школьных мероприятиях. — Wezel

    deSie beteiligt sich an vielen schulischen Aktivitäten. — raggione

  5. Tell me about your favorite outdoor activity.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
state or quality of being active:
Русский
By meaning 3
state or quality of being active:
something done as an action or a movement:
something done for pleasure or entertainment:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
state or quality of being active:
something done as an action or a movement:
something done for pleasure or entertainment:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: activities
Singularactivity
Pluralactivities

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically:activeness
  • the state of being active:actionactiveness
  • an organic process that takes place in the body:bodily processbody processbodily function
  • a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings):natural processnatural actionaction

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

58 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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