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BE ACTIVE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be in a state of action
Example:
she is always moving
Synonyms:
be active; move
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "be active"):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
rest (be at rest)
Context examples:
This agent may be active against EGFR/HER2-expressing tumor cells that are resistant to trastuzumab.
(EGFR/HER2 Kinase Inhibitor TAK-285, NCI Thesaurus)
In the sleep-deprived mouse brains, the astrocytes were found to be active across 8.4 percent of the synapses, and in the chronically sleep-deprived mice, a whopping 13.5 percent of their synapses showed astrocyte activity.
(Lack of Sleep Makes Brain to Literally Eat Itself, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Neptune, the planet of unconditional love, will also be active and supremely helpful at this full moon, so you may feel enveloped by feelings of love and affection.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
To be active: as active as I can.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Since the discovery in 2009 that brown fat can be active in adult humans, researchers around the world have worked to unveil ways to switch on this fat.
(Giving Brown Fat A Green Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This agent may be active against EGFR/HER2-expressing tumor cells that are resistant to first-generation kinase inhibitors.
(EGFR/HER2 Inhibitor AV-412, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent may reverse the malignant phenotype of H-Ras-transformed cells and has been shown to be active against tumor cells with and without Ras mutations.
(BMS-214662, NCI Thesaurus)
Shortly after NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by the mission's science team revealed that the asteroid could be active, or consistently discharging particles into space.
(NASA's OSIRIS-REx Explains Bennu Mystery Particles, NASA)
The excess heat is especially pronounced over three fractures that are not unlike the tiger stripes — prominent, actively venting fractures that slice across the pole — except that they don't appear to be active at the moment.
(Cassini Sees Heat Below the Icy Surface of Enceladus, NASA)
He wishes his boys to be active and hardy; and if they misbehave, can give them a sharp word now and then; but he is an affectionate father—certainly Mr. John Knightley is an affectionate father.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
