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[ ak-tiv-i-tee ]
/ ækˈtɪv ɪ ti /
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noun, plural ac·tiv·i·ties.

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Words related to activity

action, life, enterprise, exercise, movement, task, work, project, job, venture, act, endeavor, scheme, exertion, motion, labor, liveliness, animation, bustle, hustle

Words nearby activity

activewear, active‐matrix, activin, activism, activist, activity, activize, acto, actomyosin, acton, actor

Origin of activity

1520–30; (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin āctīvitās. See active, -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM activity

non·ac·tiv·i·ty, noun, plural non·ac·tiv·i·ties.pre·ac·tiv·i·ty, noun, plural pre·ac·tiv·i·ties.su·per·ac·tiv·i·ty, noun, plural su·per·ac·tiv·i·ties.
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British Dictionary definitions for activity

activity
/ (ækˈtɪvɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state or quality of being active
lively action or movement
any specific deed, action, pursuit, etcrecreational activities
the number of disintegrations of a radioactive substance in a given unit of time, usually expressed in curies or disintegrations per second
  1. the capacity of a substance to undergo chemical change
  2. the effective concentration of a substance in a chemical system. The absolute activity of a substance B, λ B, is defined as exp (μ B RT) where μ B is the chemical potential
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for activity

activity
[ ăk-tĭv′ĭ-tē ]

n.

A physiological process.
The presence of neurogenic electrical energy in electroencephalography.
An ideal concentration for which the law of mass action will apply perfectly.
The intensity of a radioactive source.
The ability to take part in a chemical reaction.
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