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Definition: Activity |
ActivityNoun1. Any specific activity or pursuit; "they avoided all recreational activity". 2. The state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action". 3. An organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity". 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". 6. Radiation resulting from radioactive decay. 7. The trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "activity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
Etymology: Activity \Ac*tiv"i*ty\, noun; plural Activities. [Compare to French activit['e], Late Latin activitas.]. (references) |
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Health | 1. the state of being active; the ability to produce some effect; the extent of some function or action. 2. a thermodynamic quantity that represents the effective concentration of a solute in a nonideal solution; if concentrations are replaced by activities, the equations for equilibrium constants, electrode potentials, osmotic pressure, boiling point elevation, freezing point depression, and vapour pressures of volatile solutes are converted from approximations that hold only for dilute solutions to exact equations that hold for all concentrations. The activity is equal to the product of the concentration and the activity coefficient, a dimensionless number measuring deviation from nonideality. Symbol a. 3. radioactivity; the number of disintegrations per unit time of a radioactive material, measured in curies or becquerels. Symbol A. 4. optical activity. (references) |
Literature | Activity The sphere of activity, the whole field through which the influence of an object or person extends. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. In nuclear physics, the rate of decay of atoms by radioactivity. It is measured in curies b. The ideal or thermodynamic concentration of a substance, the substitution of which for the true concentration, permits the applicationof the law of mass action. See also:ionization constant. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Quotient of dN by dt, where dN is the number of spontaneous nuclear transformations which occur in a quantity of a radionuclide in the time interval dt. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A task requiring time to complete and needing input resources before leading on to the next event in the program. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A general category of work performed by personnel in the attainment of an objective; Each activity consists of a group of tasks, and a group of activities constitutes a method of carrying out a function. Source: European Union. (references) |
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The activity of an ion or other solute is its effective concentration for the purposes of chemical reactions and other mass action. Activity differs from concentration, because of the affinity of solutes for the solvent molecules around them in solution. To some extent this affinity restrains solutes from engaging in other interactions (such as with reactants). Because their affinities differ, so do solutes' activity coefficients. These describe the constant of proportionality between a solute's concentration and its activity in a given solvent (typically assumed to be water).Compare: fugacity
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In chemistry and biology, catalysis refers to the acceleration of the rate of a chemical reaction by a substance, called a catalyst, that is itself unchanged by the overall reaction.A common misunderstanding is that catalysis "makes the reaction happen": that the reaction would not otherwise proceed without the presence of the catalyst.
In biologically- or industrially-useful timescales, this may be true in a limited sense. However, a catalyst cannot make a thermodynamically unfavorable reaction proceed. Rather, it can only speed up a reaction that is already thermodynamically favorable. Such a reaction in the absence of a catalyst would proceed, even without the catalyst, although perhaps too slowly to be observed or of use in a given context.
Catalysts accelerate the chemical reaction by providing a lower energy pathway between the reactants and the products. This usually involves the formation of an intermediate, which cannot be formed without the catalyst. The formation of this intermediate and subsequent reaction generally has a much lower activation energy barrier than is required for the direct reaction of reactants to products.
Catalysis is a very important process from an industrial point of view since the production of most industrially important chemicals involve catalysis. Research into catalysis is a major field in applied science, and involves many fields of chemistry and physics.
Two types of catalysis are generally distinguished. In homogeneous catalysis the reactants and catalyst are in the same phase. For example acids (H+ ion donors) are common catalysts in many aqueous reactions. In this case both the reactants and the catalysts are in the aqueous phase. In heterogeneous catalysis the catalyst is in a different phase than the reactants and products. Usually, the catalyst is a solid and the reactants and products are gases or liquids. In order for the reaction to occur one or more of the reactants must diffuse to the catalyst surface and adsorb onto it. After reaction, the products must desorb from the surface and diffuse away from the solid surface. Frequently, this transport of reactants and products from one phase to another plays a dominant role in limiting the rate of reaction. Understanding these transport phenomena is an important area of heterogeneous catalyst research.
Important catalytic processes
- The Haber process for ammonia synthesis
- Steam reforming of hydrocarbons to produce synthesis gas
- Methanol synthesis
- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
- Hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of organic compounds
- Sulfuric acid production
- Nitric acid production
- Maleic anhydride production
- Petroleum refining and processing
- Hydrotreating - hydrogenation of hydrocarbons and removal of organic sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, and metals
- Catalytic cracking - breaking long-chain hydrocarbons into smaller pieces
- Naptha reforming
- Alkylation
- Industrial and automotive abatement of NOx, CO, and hydrocarbons
- Nearly every chemical process associated with life!
See also
Carbonate Phosphodiesterase, Metabolic pathway, Protein phosphatase, Denaturation Protein kinase, Surface chemistry, Abzyme, Dispersion (materials science), Urea cycle, Urease, Adenylate cyclase, ATPase, EC number, Diastase, Alcohol dehydrogenase, Reverse transcriptase, Ozone hole, Catalyst, RNA world hypothesis, Cyclic adenosine monophosphate, Intron, Albert Szent-Györgyi, RNAse, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Ribozyme, Enzyme, Michaelis-Menten kinetics, Mitochondrion
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In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. It is a measure of the work done by human beings. Modern macro-economics deals with this using the concept of human capital - and some analyses differentiate that further.In general, the word job refers to any discrete activity of economic production. In this sense, a group may divide up a set of tasks among its members, each task being "the job" of the individual it is assigned to.
However, in capitalist societies, the word "job" has become synonymous with "employment". This refers to the long term relationship between a laborer and those who have legal control of the other factors of production. In this sense, laborers talk of "getting a job", or "having a job".
This conceptual metaphor of a "job" as a possession has led to its use in slogans such as "money for jobs, not bombs". Similar conceptions are that of "land" as a possession (real estate) or intellectual rights as a possession (intellectual property). None of the three are recognized in traditional labour economics which emphasizes work, not entitlements or even necessarily royalties, as the basis of rights to receive economic benefits.
Kinds of labour: Telework, Slavery, Free-work
See also Profession, commuter
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Synonyms: ActivitySynonyms: action (n), activeness (n), bodily function (n), bodily process (n), body process (n), natural action (n), natural process (n), radioactivity (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: inaction (n), inactiveness (n), inactivity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Noun: activity; briskness, liveliness; Adjective: animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy; snap, vim. |
Care | Alertness; (activity); attention; prudence; circumspection; (caution); anxiety; forethought; precaution; (preparation); tidiness; (order), (cleanliness); accuracy; (exactness); minuteness, attention to detail. |
Physical Energy | Activity, agitation, effervescence; ferment, fermentation; ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle; voluntary energy; quicksilver. |
Velocity | Noun: velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness; Adjective: rapidity, eagle speed; expedition; (activity); pernicity; acceleration; haste. |
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Crosswords: Activity |
| English words defined with "activity": business activity ♦ commercial activity ♦ sensory activity, social activity, spare-time activity. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "activity": activity attributes, Activity Cycles, activity having spatial impact, activity time ♦ ion activity ♦ Lost workday cases involving restricted work activity ♦ main activity, mobile activity status, Motor Activity ♦ Nonsuppressible Insulin-Like Activity ♦ other gainful activity ♦ primary activity ♦ qualifying activity ♦ spatially effective activity. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "activity": Negotiousness. (references) |
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Screenplays | My plastic surgeon says I shouldn't do any activity where balls fly at my nose (Clueless; writing credit: Amy Heckerling.) Um, they say there's been some unusual activity on your account (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) You've just joined the 76% of Americans who forget to stretch before doing any physical activity. (Heavyweights; writing credit: Judd Apatow; Steven Brill) Perhaps even as treasonable activity. Must we work so well (The Bridge on the River Kwai; writing credit: Pierre Boulle) Dance does not signify mere pleasure - nor is it just fascinating physical activity. It awakens the soul and arouses a sense of elation - rarely experienced otherwise (Time and Space; writing credit: Rich Christiano) | |
Clever | Not our activity for Him, but our captivity to Him! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Whirl of Activity (1927) Tarzan Activity Center (1999) | |
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 | A crystal of the drug, 2',3'-dideoxyinosine (ddi), is shown. The antiviral activity of ddi against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-I) was identified at the National Cancer Institute in 1985. Credit: Dr. Hiroaki Mitsuya, Larry Otsby (photographer). |  | PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | The fishing fleet at Ketchikan. Ketchikan was then the greatest fishing center on the Pacific Coast. Fishing in Alaska then accounted for 80 percent of all employment with most activity limited to the summer months. F&WS C-1191. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Pole and line fishing boat above a school of tuna. The jets of water facilitate fishing as they prevent the tuna from noticing activity on the deck. This technique uses live bait. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Remedial activity at Iron Mountain Mine included collecting and treating acid drainage from mine run off. Iron Mountain Mine was mining factory for gold, copper and zinc. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A bucket full of quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria. Quahogs feed by filtering plankton from the water, pumping up to a gallon per hour or more, depending on temperature. This feeding activity helps to improve water quality and clarity in Narragansett Bay and is an important ecological link between the Bay's water column and its benthic, or bottom-dwelling community. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Hook Echo - often a precursor of tornadic activity. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |  | Axial Volcano, site of an observatory that monitors seismic activity. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | In 1974, BEAVER MARK IV studied underwater neutron activity off New York. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | "A New Map of Earthquake Distribution", by Captain Nicholas Heck, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. In: The Geographical Review, Vol. XXV, 1935. Pp. 125-130. Heck noted for the first time that earthquakes were associated with the Mid- Atlantic Ridge in his accompanying paper. Heck first produced a world seismicity map showing the activity on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in 1932. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Schoolwork." by Slivester Chua Commentary: "It was the school IQ mathematics worksheet on the top and the school student's activity diary on the bottom. The background was a dark grey table." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles C. Johnson | The only purpose of your activity is to get results. |
Emerson | Every noble activity makes room for itself. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. |
| Their is nothing so terrible as activity without insight. | |
John Wooden | Never mistake activity for achievement. |
| Don't mistake activity for achievement. | |
Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt | True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity. |
Thomas Carlyle | The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has been the first to show what man's activity can bring about. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. (reference) |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | These supplied material for petty activity to a mind that would otherwise have been eaten up with rust |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Madame Magloire was a little, white, fat, jolly, bustling old woman, always out of breath, caused first by her activity, and then by the asthma |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Its alternation of sad human ineffectualness with vast inhuman cycles of activity chilled him, and he forgot his own human and ineffectual grieving |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | There was a cow dung in the path, and I must needs try my activity by attempting to leap over it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Chooses an enjoyable activity. (references) | |
Feels safe doing the activity. (references) | ||
Results of any followup activity. (references) | ||
Business | This is not an activity that can be done long-distance. (references) | |
The State Council is responsible for monitoring religious activity. (references) | ||
Among British visitors to the U.S., shopping remains a primary activity. (references) | ||
Children | Georgia | Street children often survive by turning to criminal activity, narcotics, and prostitution. (references) |
Ghana | The practice explicitly forbids a Trokosi or Fiashidi to engage in sexual activity or contact during her atonement period. (references) | |
Niger | Such activity and a corollary statute against "the incitement of minors to wrongdoing" are punishable by 3 to 5 years in prison. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Korea | The food crisis apparently has heightened government concern about antiregime activity. (references) |
Russia | Reports of official harassment and punishment for religious belief or activity continued. (references) | |
Iran | Religious activity is monitored closely by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). (references) | |
Economic History | Croatia | Existing law treats this area as petty criminal activity. (references) |
Nigeria | In the spring of 1989, political activity was again permitted. (references) | |
Belgium | The healthcare sector represents 77% of total biotech activity. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mexico | PRI Governor Arturo Montiel Rojas denied responsibility for the activity. (references) |
Brazil | Uniformed and civil police involvement in criminal activity is widespread. (references) | |
Mali | The President heads the Superior Judicial Council, which oversees judicial activity. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Sweden | In 1994 the Government removed from the Sami the right to control hunting and fishing activities on Sami village lands, permitting instead completely unlimited hunting and fishing activity on all government property. (references) |
Minorities | Switzerland | In May the Government recommended an increase in the monitoring of extremist Internet sites for criminal activity. (references) |
Burma | Rohingyas who have returned to Arakan claimed that they faced government restrictions on their ability to travel and to engage in economic activity. (references) | |
Political Economy | Cambodia | Antiunion activity continued. (references) |
GREECE | Some of Greece's economic activity remains unrecorded. (references) | |
Mexico | Civil society activity is rapidly expanding throughout Mexico. (references) | |
Political Rights | Tunisia | The ruling RCD party so dominates all levels of political activity that credible electoral challenges have been extremely difficult. (references) |
Namibia | Opposition parties generally were able to undertake political activity such as advertising and holding party conferences and public rallies. (references) | |
Syria | Such restrictions include a prohibition against engaging in political activity, the denial of passports, and a bar on accepting government jobs and some other forms of employment. (references) | |
Trade | Ireland | Other aspects of commercial activity are being harmonized. (references) |
Mexico | Much of EXIM's activity is under so-called bundling facilities. (references) | |
Ukraine | This activity also helps enterprises restructure and divest idle assets. (references) | |
Travel | Ecuador | Backpackers are frequently targeted for criminal activity in Quito. (references) |
Nigeria | Any invitation to enter Nigeria without a visa is indicative of illegal activity. (references) | |
Poland | Pick pocketing, hotel break-ins and car theft are common, particularly in areas of heavy tourist activity. (references) | |
Women | Barbados | Spousal abuse remained a significant criminal activity during the year. (references) |
Jordan | Medical tests indicated that the victim had not engaged in sexual activity. (references) | |
Poland | Paying for sexual activity is illegal, as is pimping; however, selling sex is not illegal. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Syria | The GFTU controls nearly all aspects of union activity. (references) |
Turkey | Most trafficking activity occurs in Istanbul, Izmir, and Trabzon. (references) | |
Congo | Most workers rely on extended family and informal economic activity to survive. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom: We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. There are three sexes; males, females and girls. Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to be the unthinking a kind of credibility. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his. |
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Prince Albert of Monaco | Yeah. And I think it's a normal role for anyone in an position of leadership. I've assumed that role with great interest and I think it's a normal part of our activity. |
Ronald Reagan | I certainly hope not. And I have to question whether they would. I hope on the other side that Israel stands firm and doesn't join in any activity. |
Rush Limbaugh | We lead the world in capitalist activity, and we're the largest capitalist economy in the world. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | From the talents and activity of the officer charged with this object everything that can be done may be expected. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | On the contrary, as the blessings which we enjoy are great, proportionably great should be our vigilance, zeal, and activity to preserve them. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | By strangling competition, monopolistic activity prevents or deters investment in new or expanded production facilities. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The Atlantic Community grows, not like a volcanic mountain, by one mighty explosion, but like a coral reef, from the accumulating activity of all. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | If the level of enemy activity significantly increases we might have to adjust our timetable accordingly. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I have declined to recommend such actions to stimulate economic activity, because the persistent inflationary pressures that beset our economy today dictate a restrained fiscal policy. |
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| "Activity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Activity" is used about 11,496 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11,496 | 808 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "activity": activity attributes ♦ Activity Cycles ♦ activity fuels ♦ activity having spatial impact ♦ activity of a volcano ♦ activity of an acid ♦ activity rate ♦ activity sampling ♦ activity time ♦ agglutinating activity ♦ Blood Bactericidal Activity ♦ burst of activity ♦ business activity ♦ commercial activity ♦ Complement Hemolytic Activity Assay ♦ considerable activity of a foyer of atmospherics ♦ creative activity ♦ economic activity ♦ educational activity ♦ extracurricular activity ♦ Extravehicular Activity ♦ field of activity ♦ government activity ♦ hive of activity ♦ hobby activity ♦ hum with activity ♦ human activity ♦ hydrogenating activity ♦ in full activity ♦ intelligence activity ♦ intense activity of a foyer of atmospherics ♦ ion activity ♦ level of economic activity ♦ life reinsurance activity message ♦ main activity ♦ mental activity ♦ military activity ♦ mobile activity status ♦ Motor Activity ♦ neutron inducted activity ♦ Nonsuppressible Insulin-Like Activity ♦ offensive activity ♦ optical activity ♦ other gainful activity ♦ Outreach activity ♦ physical Activity and Sports ♦ primary activity ♦ qualifying activity ♦ Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship ♦ R&D activity ♦ ratio of activity densities ♦ sensory activity ♦ sex activity ♦ sexual activity ♦ social activity ♦ Solar Activity ♦ spatially effective activity ♦ sphere of activity ♦ subversive activity ♦ voice activity detection. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "activity": activity-based, activity-dependence, activity-dependent, activity-in, activity-induced, activity-no, activity-rates, activity-supporting. | |
Ending with "activity": multi-activity. | |
Containing "activity": multi-activity centre, Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship, Structure-Activity Relationship. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
team building activity | 1,005 | summer activity for child | 126 |
child activity | 934 | kindergarten activity | 124 |
kid activity | 879 | child bible activity | 124 |
preschool activity | 852 | 4th of july activity | 120 |
activity | 826 | rainy day activity | 117 |
father day activity | 509 | group activity | 111 |
maui activity | 419 | summer camp activity | 110 |
summer activity | 401 | science activity | 110 |
outdoor activity | 376 | camp activity | 102 |
toddler activity | 347 | first day of school activity | 101 |
activity based costing | 304 | free team building activity | 96 |
summer activity for kid | 286 | learning activity | 96 |
activity end school year | 282 | fun activity | 94 |
paranormal activity | 219 | family reunion activity | 91 |
hawaii activity | 216 | fourth of july activity | 89 |
math activity | 199 | family activity | 89 |
activity end year | 195 | sunday school activity | 86 |
reading activity | 162 | activity director | 84 |
activity bible | 130 | holiday activity | 82 |
activity interactive story telling | 129 | activity day last school | 82 |
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| Language | Translations for "activity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aksie (achievement, act, action). (various references) | |
Albanian | veprimtari (vigour), aktivitet (business, exercises, pursuit, vigour). (various references) | |
Arabic | فعالية (effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, influence, leverage, performance), نشاط (action, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, kick, lift, liveliness, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, prosperity, pursuit, spirit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, zip), حيوية (animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing, zip), حركة (business, dash, drift, motion, move, movement, stir), ضرب من ضروب النشاط. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | оживление (animation, hoopla, hum, liveliness, movement, rally, uplift), живост (agility, alertness, brio, esprit, ginger, jazz, liveliness, mercuriality, mobility, nervousness, pep, punch, snap, sprightliness, spunk, vinegar, vitality, vivacity, vividness, volatility, zap), енергичност (jazz, vinegar, virility), енергия (drive, energy, force, go, go ahead, intensity, juice, lustiness, pep, pith, power, push, sinews, snap, spring, vigor, vigour, vim, zap, zip), пъргавина (alacrity, alertness, deftness, quickness), деятелност (action), дейност (action, movements). (various references) | |
Catalan | mercat (market, sales activity). (various references) | |
Chinese | 行為 (action, behavior, conduct), 積極性 (enthusiasm, initiative, zeal), 生活 (life), 活动 (Activities), 活動 (behavior, exercise), 作用 (action, actions, acts, effect, to play a role), 動靜 (the sound of sth stirring about). (various references) | |
Czech | aktivita, akce (action, campaign, drive, venture), pùsobnost (effectiveness), èinnost (action, doing, doings, office, operation, ploy, work, working), èilost (alacrity, alertness, briskness, jauntiness). (various references) | |
Danish | aktivitet (vigour), beskæftigelse (occupation). (various references) | |
Dutch | activiteit (vigour), optreden (act, action, presentation, take action), handeling (accomplishment, achievement, act, action), gedoe (action, farad, making, manifacture, manufacture), actie (achievement, act, action, campaign, share). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aktiveco (vigour), agemo, agado (action), vigleco (gusto, spirit, stir, zest). (various references) | |
Faeroese | marknaður (fair, market, sales activity). (various references) | |
Farsi | فعالیت (Stir), چابکی (Agility, Alacrity, Dexterity), کنش وری , کار (Act, Affair, Appointment, Avocation, Deed, Duty, Fist, Function, Job, Office, Opus, Ploy, Proposition, Service, Shebang, Task, Thing, Vocation, Work, Workmanship), زنده دلی (Verve), اکتیواءی . (various references) | |
Finnish | toiminta (action, activities, function, operation), aktiivisuus (activeness). (various references) | |
French | activité (action). (various references) | |
Frisian | animo (gusto, spirit, stir, zest), aksje (action), warberens (vigour), belangstelling (account, gusto, interest, spirit, stir, zest). (various references) | |
German | Tätigkeit (actions, agitation, function, job, occupation, work), Beschäftigung (consideration, employ, employmen, employment, job, occupation, occupying, preoccupation, pursuit, study, treatment, work), Aktivität (disintegration rate), Taetigkeit, Betätigung (activation, actuation, application, occupation, operation). (various references) | |
Greek | δραστηριότητα (efficiency, energy, operation), απασχόληση (engrossment, hire, livelihood, pastime, preoccupation), δραστικότητα (potency). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | aktivitet (vigour), aksion (action), veprimtari (vigour), veprim (action). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פעילות (action), פעלתנות (activism), פעולה (act, action, deed, doing, function, operation, performance), אקטיביות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tevékenység (action, agency, evangelism, function, game, pursuit, strenuousness, work), ténykedés (action, function, proceeding), elfoglaltság (busyness, occasions, ploy, pursuit, work), aktivitás (vigour). (various references) | |
Icelandic | athafsnemi (vigour), virkni (vigour), kraftur (force, strength, vigour), þróttur (vigour). (various references) | |
Indonesian | aktifitas, kegiatan (ardor, drive, energy, enterprise, liveliness, zeal), kecergasan (dash, verve, vim). (various references) | |
Italian | attività (asset, assets, bustle, busyness, industry, play, stream), occupazione (avocation, business, calling, employ, employmen, employment, job, occupancy, occupation, squatting, tenure, work). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 飛躍 (leaping), 敏速 (agility, quickness), 活躍, 奔走 (efforts, running about). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | びんそく (agility, quickness), ひやく (leapfrog, leaping, nostrum, secret medicine), うごき (change, development, movement, trend), ほんそう (efforts, formal funeral, running about), にぎわい (bustle, crowd, prosperity, turnout), かつどう (action), かつりょう, かつやく, かっきょう (briskness, prosperity), アクティビティ , はたらき (ability, achievement, action, conjugation, function, inflection, labor, motion, movement, operation, talent, work, workings). (various references) | |
Korean | 활동 (Action, Active, Activities, kinetic, kinetics, restless). (various references) | |
Manx | roortys (exercise, homework, leisure activity, practice, trial of strength), roort (bravery, leisure activity, prowess), lheihll (action, movement, physical activity, power, use of limb), gastid (agility, cleverness, physical activity, sprightliness), bioyrid (brightness, freshness, freshness of wind, liveliness, physical activity, smartness). (various references) | |
Norwegian | aktivitet. (various references) | |
Papago | chichwidag. (various references) | |
Papiamen | aktividat (vigour), akshon (accomplishment, achievement, act, action), okupashon (occupation), ánimo (gusto, spirit, stir, zest). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | activityay.(various references) | |
Polish | zajęcie (occupation). (various references) | |
Portuguese | actividade (action, vigour), atividade (action, activeness, ado, agency, alacrity, busyness, drive, game, go-ahead, hustle, industry, liveliness, operation, quickness, work, works). (various references) | |
Romanian | activitate (action, business, function, operation, practice, work, working), acţiune (act, action, agency, deed, feat, gesture, go, move, operation, proceeding, share, speculation, story, undertaking, work), ocupaţiune (business, employment, holding, situation, tenure, trade), ocupaţie (business, duty, employment, engagement, holding, job, metier, occupation, profession, situation, trade, work), mişcare (agitation, an up stroke, bustle, change, circulation, commotion, gesture, go, locomotion, motion, move, movement, revolt, riotousness, sign, stir, stroke, waggle, wave), lucru (act, article, belongings, business, cert, deed, employment, happening, implement, job, labor, labour, matter, object, occurrence, operation, predecessor, service, situation, thing, things, traps, work, working), funcţionare (action, motion, movement, run, running, work, working), energie (backbone, bottom, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, snap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue, zip). (various references) | |
Russian | активность (activeness, vigour). (various references) | |
Scottish | tapadh (clever feat, cleverness, strength, success), sgairt (a loud cry, midriff, vigour; shriek; midriff), lùth (pith, power, strength, vigour), driuch, dèanadas (behaviour, doings). (various references) | |
Sepedi | tiro. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | aktivnost, akcija (act, action, drive, share, work), delatnost (agency, sovereignty, work). (various references) | |
Sicilian | attività. (various references) | |
Spanish | actividad (ado, briskness, commonness, movement), acción (accomplishment, achievement, act, acting, action, agency, deed, engagement, equity, gesture, move, proceeding, share, stock). (various references) | |
Swedish | verksamhet (activating, efficacy, function, occupation, operation, play, working), aktivitet (disintegration rate, radioactivity). (various references) | |
Turkish | iş (affair, appointment, assignment, ball game, billet, biz, business, calling, cause, commerce, concern, dealing, deed, doing, doings, employment, ergo-, function, gig, handiwork, job, metier, mission, occupation, occupational, operation, piece, piece of work, place, ploy, post, profession, pursuit, racket, regulation, shop, show, spindle, stint, task, things to do, trade, work, working, workings, works), hareket halinde olma, faaliyet (action, business, bustle, doing, doings, service, strenuousness), eylem (act, action, deed, fact, verb), etkinlik (efficiency, forcefulness, operation, strength, trenchancy). (various references) | |
Turkmen | iю (affair, matter, work). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спритність (ability, adroitness, agility, alertness, artfulness, cleverness, deftness, efficiency, knack, nimbleness, policy, readiness, sleight), енергія (bang, birr, dash, energy, might, nerve, oomph, punch, push, sappiness, spring, vim, whiz, whizz, will, zap, zest), активність (energies, stirring), діяльність (action, function, practice), дії (doings). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính phóng xạ (radioactivity), sự tích cực, sự nhanh nhẹn (agility, lissomness, readiness), sự hoạt động (operation), độ phóng xạ, độ hoạt động. (various references) | |
Welsh | gweithgarwch, gweithgaredd. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | energeia. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | agilitate, negotia, negotii, negotiis, negotio, negotiorum, negotium, operatio, operatione, operationem, operationes, operationis, operationum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Idou h gh aiguptou enantion sou estin en th beltisth gh katoikison ton patera sou kai touV adelfouV sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Terra Aegypti in conspectu tuo est in optimo loco fac habitare eos et trade eis terram Gessen quod si nosti esse in eis viros industrios constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The loond of Egipte is in thi siyt, in the beste place make hem to dwelle, and tak to hem the loond of Gessen; and if thow hast knowe to be redi men in hem, ordeyne hem maystrys of my beestis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The londe of Egipte is open before the: In the best place of the lande make both thy father and thy brothren dwell: And even in the lond of Gosan let them dwell. Moreouer yf thou knowe any men of actiuyte amonge them make them ruelars ouer my catell. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell; and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ang yuta sa Egipto anaa sa atubangan mo; papuy-on mo sa labing maayong yuta ang imong amahan ug ang imong mga igsoon nga lalake; papuy-on mo sila sa yuta sa Gosen; ug kong makamatngon ka nga sa ilang taliwala adunay mga tawo nga mga masingkamuton ibutang mo sila sa pagkapangulo nga mga magbalantay sa akong mga vaca. |
| Danish | Ægypten står til din Rådighed, lad din Fader og dine Brødre bosætte sig i den bedste Del af Landet; de kan tage Ophold i Gosens Land; og hvis du ved, at der er dygtige Folk iblandt dem, kan du sætte dem til Opsynsmænd over mine Hjorde!" |
| Dutch | Egypteland is voor uw aangezicht; doe uw vader en uw broeders in het beste van het land wonen; laat hen in het land Gosen wonen, en zo gij weet, dat er onder hen kloeke mannen zijn, zo zet hen tot veemeesters over hetgeen ik heb. |
| Finnish | Egyptin maa on avoinna sinun edessäsi; sijoita isäsi ja veljesi maan parhaaseen osaan. Asukoot Goosenin maakunnassa; ja jos tiedät heidän joukossaan olevan kelvollisia miehiä, niin aseta heidät minun karjani päällysmiehiksi." |
| French | Le pays d`Égypte est devant toi; établis ton père et tes frères dans la meilleure partie du pays. Qu`ils habitent dans le pays de Gosen; et, si tu trouves parmi eux des hommes capables, mets-les à la tête de mes troupeaux. |
| German | das Land Ägypten steht dir offen, laß sie am besten Ort des Landes wohnen, laß sie im Lande Gosen wohnen; und so du weißt, daß Leute unter ihnen sind, die tüchtig sind, so setze sie über mein Vieh. |
| Haitian Creole | tout peyi Lejip la la devan ou. Chwazi pi bon tè nan peyi a, ba yo l' pou rete. Yo mèt rete sou tè Gochenn lan. Epi, si ou konnen gen nan mitan yo moun ki kapab pran swen bèt pa m' yo, ou mèt ba yo bèt mwen yo gade. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Anggaplah negeri Mesir sebagai negerimu sendiri. Biarlah mereka menetap di daerah Gosyen, daerah yang paling baik di negeri ini. Dan tugaskanlah kepada orang yang cakap bekerja untuk mengurus ternakku." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tanah Mesir ini adalah di hadapanmu, dudukkanlah bapamu dan segala saudaramu di tanah yang terbaik, suruhlah mereka itu duduk di negeri Gosyen. Maka jikalau engkau tahu bahwa di antara mereka itu ada orang yang pandai, jadikanlah mereka itu penghulu gembala atas segala milikku. |
| Italian | Ebbene, il paese d'Egitto è a tua disposizione: fà risiedere tuo padre e i tuoi fratelli nella parte migliore del paese. Risiedano pure nel paese di Gosen. Se tu sai che vi sono tra di loro uomini capaci, costituiscili sopra i miei averi in qualità di sovrintendenti al bestiame». |
| Maori | Kei tou aroaro te whenua o Ihipa; whakanohoia e koe tou papa me ou tuakana ki te wahi pai o te whenua; kia noho ratou ki te whenua o Kohena: ki te mea hoki e mohiotia ana e koe etahi tangata pakari i roto i a ratou, meinga ratou hei rangatira mo aku kararehe. |
| Norwegian | Egyptens land ligger åpent for dig; la din far og dine brødre bo i den beste del av landet, la dem bo i Gosen! Og dersom du vet at det er dyktige menn iblandt dem, da sett dem til opsynsmenn over min buskap! |
| Rumanian | Yara Egiptului este deschisq knaintea ta; aweazq pe tatql tqu wi pe frayii tqi kn cea mai bunq parte a yqrii. Sq locuiascq kn yinutul Gosen; wi dacq gqsewti printre ei oameni destoinici, pune -i kn fruntea turmelor mele.`` |
| Russian | ЪЕНМС еЗЙРЕФУЛБС РТЕД ФПВПА; ОБ МХЮЫЕН НЕУФЕ ЪЕНМЙ РПУЕМЙ ПФГБ ФЧПЕЗП Й ВТБФШЕЧ ФЧПЙИ; РХУФШ ЦЙЧХФ ПОЙ Ч ЪЕНМЕ зЕУЕН; Й ЕУМЙ ЪОБЕЫШ, ЮФП НЕЦДХ ОЙНЙ ЕУФШ УРПУПВОЩЕ МАДЙ, РПУФБЧШ ЙИ УНПФТЙФЕМСНЙ ОБД НПЙН УЛПФПН. |
| Spanish | la tierra de Egipto está delante de ti. En lo mejor de la tierra haz habitar a tu padre y a tus hermanos; habiten en la tierra de Gosén. Y si juzgas que hay entre ellos hombres aptos, ponlos como mayorales de mi ganado. |
| Swedish | Egyptens land ligger öppet för dig; i den bästa delen av landet må du låta din fader och dina bröder bo. Må de bo i landet Gosen, och ifall du vet om några bland dem att de äro dugande män, så sätt dessa till uppsyningsmän över min boskap." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "activity": bioactivity, hyperactivity, hyperreactivity, immunoreactivity, inactivity, overactivity, radioactivity, reactivity, refractivity, retroactivity, superactivity, underactivity, vasoactivity. (additional references) | |
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"Activity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acitity, acivity, aclivity, activat, activi, actuity, Mctavitty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "activity" (pronounced akti"vutē) |
| 8 | a k t i" v u t ē | hyperactivity, inactivity, radioactivity, retroactivity. |
| 7 | -k t i" v u t ē | conductivity, connectivity, objectivity, productivity, reactivity, selectivity, subjectivity, superconductivity. |
| 6 | -t i" v u t ē | captivity, creativity, festivity, insensitivity, nativity, negativity, oversensitivity, receptivity, relativity, sensitivity. |
| 5 | -i" v u t ē | aggressivity, exclusivity, expressivity, passivity, proclivity, progressivity, reflexivity. |
| 4 | -v u t ē | brevity, cavity, depravity, gravity, hypersensitivity, levity, longevity, velvety. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, causality, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, legibility, lethality, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, necessity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, profanity, profitability, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, readability, reality, reciprocity, regularity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, suitability, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-t-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: cavity, viatic. | |
-3 letters: attic, catty, tacit, vatic, vitta. | |
-4 letters: cavy, city, tact, titi, tivy, vita. | |
-5 letters: act, ait, att, cat, cay, icy, ivy, tat, tav, tic, vac, vat, via. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-t-t-v-y" | |
+1 letter: captivity. | |
+2 letters: creativity, inactivity, reactivity. | |
+3 letters: affectivity, bioactivity, factitively, verticality. | |
+4 letters: overactivity, refractivity, vasoactivity. | |
+5 letters: associativity, atavistically, commutativity, cultivability, hyperactivity, interactively, noncreativity, radioactivity, retroactivity, superactivity, underactivity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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