active meaning
EN
[ˈæktɪv] 
US WActive
- Active may refer to:
FR active 
- NounPLactivesSUF-ive
- AdjectiveCOMmore activeSUPmost active
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- certain active principles; the active powers of the mind
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- an active child or animal
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.
- active laws; active hostilities
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert.
- an active man of business; active mind; active zeal
- Requiring or implying action or exertion;—opposed to sedentary or to tranquil.
- active employment or service active scenes
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical.
- an active rather than a speculative statesman
- Brisk; lively.
- an active demand for corn
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- an active disease; an active remedy
- (heading, grammar) About verbs.
- (gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Coming to the pharmacokinetic profiles of baicalein, studies from different research group reported that baicalein is an active endosomatic constituent [13 ].
- As myrmecochory is a case of active exozoochory, the fate of dispersed seeds depends on the traits of both the seed and the elaiosome, but is also closely related to the ants’ foraging behaviour.
- Diagnosing IE can be straightforward in patients with the typical oslerian manifestations such as bacteremia, evidence of active valvulitis, peripheral emboli, and immunologic vascular phenomena.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of active in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "active" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.