activity

The state or quality of being active; activeness.

Noun

  1. The state or quality of being active; activeness.
    • Pit row was abuzz with activity.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:activity.
  2. Something done as an action or a movement.
    • The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.

    Synonyms: pursuit undertaking

  3. 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.
    • Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high...
  4. 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...
  5. The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
  6. The property of substances to react with other substances

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin āctīvitāsder. Middle French activitébor. English activity From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active + -ity.

Forms

activities

Synonyms

activity doings endeavor enterprise pursuance pursuit undertaking venture

Antonyms

rest passivity

Hyponyms

business communication drinking eating exercise hobby occupation play sexual activity shopping sleeping sport work vocation accounting advertising marketing buying selling hiring firing procurement billing research

Related

active doer occurrence

Derived

activities of daily living activity book activity group psychotherapy activity stream activity theory activity trap autoactivity beehive of activity bioactivity catalytic activity coactivity counteractivity crifanac cyberactivity cytoactivity dark-activity displacement activity electroactivity extravehicular activity fanac funtivity hectivity hive of activity hyperactivity