| Library / English Dictionary |
HUMAN ACTIVITY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that people do or cause to happen
Synonyms:
act; deed; human action; human activity
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("human activity" is a kind of...):
event (something that happens at a given place and time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "human activity"):
rejection (the act of rejecting something)
forfeit; forfeiture; sacrifice (the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.)
derivation (the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin)
activity (any specific behavior)
hire (the act of hiring something or someone)
wear; wearing (the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment)
assessment; judgement; judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)
production (the act or process of producing something)
stay (continuing or remaining in a place or state)
abidance; residence; residency (the act of dwelling in a place)
inactivity (being inactive; being less active)
hinderance; hindrance; interference (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)
stop; stoppage (the act of stopping something)
group action (action taken by a group of people)
distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)
legitimation (the act of rendering a person legitimate)
permissive waste; waste ((law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect)
proclamation; promulgation (the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice)
communicating; communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)
causation; causing (the act of causing something to happen)
delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)
departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)
discovery; find; uncovering (the act of discovering something)
disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something)
effectuation; implementation (the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect)
egress; egression; emergence (the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent)
equalisation; equalization; leveling (the act of making equal or uniform)
digging up; disinterment; exhumation (the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried)
mitsvah; mitzvah ((Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty)
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))
running away (the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be)
touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)
nonaccomplishment; nonachievement (an act that does not achieve its intended goal)
leaning (the act of deviating from a vertical position)
motivating; motivation (the act of motivating; providing incentive)
assumption (the act of assuming or taking for granted)
Context examples:
Arsenic is present in the environment as a naturally occurring substance or due to contamination from human activity.
(Low doses of arsenic cause cancer in male mice, NIH)
Sites with less forest cover due to human activity, such as farming, have less saturated soundscapes versus those with high forest cover, such as conservation and hunting zones.
(Scientists record the sound of intact forest, SciDev.Net)
He noted that global pollution, biodiversity loss, deforestation and land use change, and other human activities are likely to produce unexpected problems as well.
(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)
The report says the spread of the disease has impinged not only on biodiversity but also on human activities linked to the declining species.
(Deadly fungal disease ‘caused greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded’, SciDev.Net)
“Dead zones,” also called hypoxia areas, are caused by nutrient runoff from agricultural and other human activities in the watershed and are highly affected by river discharge and nitrogen loads.
(2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone ‘above average’, NOAA)
This study shows that human activities are affecting bacteria essential to salt marshes in ways we never suspected.
(Changing salt marsh conditions send resident microbes into dormancy, NSF)
Major environmental changes, largely caused by harmful human activities since European settlement, are adding to the extent of coral bleaching, sea surface temperature rises, declines in coral coverage and water quality; all of which greatly affect the reef’s ability to adapt and survive.
(Major study reveals Great Barrier Reef’s 30,000-year fight for survival, University of Granada)
They examined whether patterns of community structure were best explained by recent or prehistoric human activity and by present-day or paleoclimate changes — in temperature from 22,000 years ago to the present, and in rainfall from 6,000 years ago to the present.
(Connecting the prehistoric past to the global future, National Science Foundation)
The scientists behind the present study only note various hypotheses about the cause of the disappearance of great white sharks from this area, though Dr. Alison Kock of the University of Cape Town has reported a correlation with the entry of orcas into False Bay, possibly because human activity has rendered prey hard to find elsewhere.
(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)
Understanding the complex impacts of urbanization on biotic systems requires computational approaches that can integrate multiple sources of data on human activity, ecology and biodiversity, said Peter McCartney, a program director in NSF's Division of Biological Infrastructure.
(Urbanization delays spring plant growth in warm regions, National Science Foundation)
