Plural of active
regular plural
The plural of active is actives.
Forms of active
| Singular | active /ˈæk.tɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | actives |
| Countable | countable |
Actives in a sentence
- Components are split into two broad segments: actives and passives.2013, David Manners, Hitchhikers' Guide to Electronics in the '90s, page 36
- At one house the pledges decided to "walk" on the night that one of the actives decided to crash on the living room couch.1985, Robert Egan, From Here to Fraternity, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry ultrasilent
- In all the Apachean languages, verbs are divided into two major categories, neuters and actives, each of which may be further divided into intransitives, transitives, and passives.1971, Harry Hoijer, “Athapaskan Morphology”, in Jesse O. Sawyer, editor, Studies in American Indian Languages, University of California…. From the entry neuter
Meaning of active
- adjective Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- adjective Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- adjective In action; actually proceeding; working; in force.
Questions about the plural of active
- What is the plural of active?
- The plural of active is actives.
- Is active countable?
- Active is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: active (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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