Dictionary Definition
activity
Noun
1 any specific activity; "they avoided all
recreational activity" [ant: inactivity]
2 the state of being active; "his sphere of
activity"; "he is out of action" [syn: action, activeness] [ant: inaction, inaction, inaction]
3 an organic process that takes place in the
body; "respiratory activity" [syn: bodily
process, body
process, bodily
function]
4 (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take
part in a chemical reaction; "catalytic activity"
5 a process existing in or produced by nature
(rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural
forces"; "volcanic activity" [syn: natural
process, natural
action, action]
6 the trait of being active; moving or acting
rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with
age" [syn: activeness] [ant: inactiveness]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
- Pit row was abuzz with activity.
- something done as an action or a movement
- The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.
- something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially
one involving movement or an excursion.
- Quilting can be a fun activity.
- Use (of internet, playstation, bank account etc.)
Translations
The state or quality of being active;
nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active
force
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 活動, 活动 (huódòng)
- Dutch: activiteit, actief
- Finnish: aktiivisuus, toiminta
- French: activité
- German: Aktivität, Tätigkeit
- Greek: δραστηριότητα
- Hebrew: , (rare)
- Hungarian: elfoglaltság
- Italian: attività
- Japanese: 活動 (かつどう, katsudō)
- Korean: 활동 (hwaldong)
- Norwegian: aktivitet
- Portuguese: atividade
- Romanian: activitate
- Russian: деятельность
- Spanish: actividad
- Swedish: aktivitet, verksamhet
something done as an action or a movement
- Chinese: 動作, 动作 (dòngzuò)
- Czech: činnost
- Dutch: activiteit, beweging, werkzaamheid
- Finnish: aktiivisuus, toiminta
- French: activité
- German: Aktivität, Handlung
- Greek: δράση
- Hebrew:
- Italian: attività
- Japanese: 活動 (かつどう, katsudō)
- Norwegian: aktivitet
- Portuguese: atividade
- Romanian: activitate
- Scots: acteevity
- Spanish: actividad
- Swedish: aktivitet
something done for pleasure or entertainment
- Chinese: 活動, 活动 (huódòng)
- Dutch: activiteit
- Finnish: askartelu, aktiviteetti
- French: activité
- German: Aktivität , Unternehmung
- Greek: δραστηριότητα
- Hebrew:
- Italian: attività
- Japanese: 活動 (かつどう, katsudō)
- Norwegian: aktivitet
- Portuguese: atividade
- Romanian: activitate
- Scots: acteevity
- Spanish: actividad
- Swedish: aktivitet
- ttbc Indonesian: kegiatan, aktivitas
- ttbc Interlingua: activitate
- ttbc Malay: aktiviti
- Volapük: dunöf
Extensive Definition
Activity may mean:
- action, in general
- Activity, an alternative name for the game charades
- Activity, a task.
- Activity, the ability of a piece to influence the game in chess
- Activity, the rate of a catalytic reaction, such as enzyme activity, in physical chemistry and enzymology
- activity (chemistry), the effective concentration of a solute for the purposes of mass action
- activity (project management)
- activity (radioactivity), the number of radioactive decays per second
- activity (software engineering)
- activity (soil mechanics)
- activity diagram, a diagram representing activities in UML
- HMS Activity, an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy
- Activity, a board game by Piatnik
activity in Czech: Aktivita
activity in German: Aktivität
activity in French: Activité (homonymie)
activity in Italian: Attività
activity in Dutch: Activiteit
activity in Polish: Aktywność
activity in Portuguese: Atividade
activity in Slovak: Aktivita
activity in Ukrainian: Активність
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
act,
acting, action, actions, activism, activities, acts, actuation, address, affair, affairs, affectation, air, animation, ardor, artificial radioactivity,
bag, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern,
behavioral norm, behavioral science, brio, briskness, business, bustle, campaign, carriage, cause, commerce, commitment, comportment, concern, concernment, conduct, contamination, crusade, culture pattern,
curiage, custom, decontamination,
demeanor, deportment, doing, doings, drive, dynamics, elan, employ, employment, endeavor, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, exercise, exercising, exertion, faith, fallout, folkway, function, functioning, gestures, glow, going, goings-on, great cause,
guise, gusto, half-life, impetuosity, impetus, interest, issue, job, joie de vivre, kinematics, kinesipathy, kinesis, kinesitherapy, kinetics, labor, life, lifework, liveliness, lookout, lustiness, maintien, manner, manners, mass movement, matter, method, methodology, methods, mettle, mien, mobilization, modus
vivendi, motion, motions, motivation, move, movement, movements, moves, moving, natural radioactivity,
nuclear radiation, observable behavior, occupation, operation, operations, pattern, perkiness, pertness, play, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, principle, procedure, proceeding, project, pursuit, radiant energy,
radiation, radioactive
radiation, radioactivity, radiocarbon
dating, radiolucency, radiopacity, radiosensibility,
radiosensitivity,
reason for being, restlessness, robustness, running, saturation point,
service, social science,
specific activity, spirit, spiritedness, stir, stirring, style, swing, tactics, thing, tone, undertaking, unrest, velocity, venture, vigor, vim, vivacity, vocation, warmth, way, way of life, ways, work, working, workings, zest, zestfulness