Definitions for activity
ækˈtɪv ɪ tiac·tiv·i·ty

Princeton's WordNet(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. activity(noun)

   any specific behavior

   "they avoided all recreational activity"

2. action, activity, activeness(noun)

   the state of being active

   "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

3. bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity(noun)

   an organic process that takes place in the body

   "respiratory activity"

4. activity(noun)

   (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

   "catalytic activity"

5. natural process, natural action, action, activity(noun)

   a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

   "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

6. activeness, activity(noun)

   the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically

   "the level of activity declines with age"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. activity(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.

   Etymology: From activité, from activitas.

2. activity(Noun)

   something done as an action or a movement

   The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.

   Etymology: From activité, from activitas.

3. activity(Noun)

   something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.

   Quilting can be a fun activity.

   Etymology: From activité, from activitas.

4. activity(Noun)

   Use (of internet, playstation, bank account etc.)

   Etymology: From activité, from activitas.

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Activity(noun)

   the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Activity

   The rate of doing work; the work done per second by any expenditure of energy. The activity of a horse-power is 550 foot lbs. per second, or 746 volt-coulombs per second. The practical electric unit is the volt-ampere, often called the watt. (Sec Energy, Electric.)

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. activity

   1. A unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission, e.g., reception center, redistribution center, naval station, naval shipyard. 2. A function, mission, action, or collection of actions. Also called ACT. See also establishment.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. activity

   The virtue of acting. The sphere of activity is the surrounding space to which the efficacy of a body extends, as the attraction of the magnet.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. activity

   In a military sense, denotes attention, labor, diligence, and study.

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. activity

   A form of action or rate of work.

   The business activity level was moderate and the crew were providing a very efficient service which we were all united in delivering together.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 2, 2020  

2. activity

   Energetic effort to do

   The activities are easy, simple and joyful and always good fun.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 12, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'activity' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #831

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'activity' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1881

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'activity' in Nouns Frequency: #139

How to pronounce activity?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say activity in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of activity in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of activity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of activity in a Sentence

1. Holly Shulman:

   Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that human activity has led to climate change. Ninety-seven percent. But Jeb Bush thinks they're wrong. Who's being intellectually arrogant now?

2. Park Williams:

   This is important because we have already seen a large change in California wildfire activity from the first 10 %. Increasing the evaporation has exponential effects on wildfires, so the next 10 % increase is likely to have even more potent effects.

3. View Police spokeswoman Katie Nelson:

   It was extremely clear to us that no one who had been identified was potentially involved in any sort of criminal activity, and we explicitly said as much to Safeway employees.

4. Leigh Vanderloo:

   Internationally the childcare environment is predominantly a sedentary and obesogenic one, it’s important that we explore mechanisms to enhance the supportiveness and conduciveness of the childcare environment as it relates to physical activity, in addition to limiting the opportunities available to the children to engage in sedentary pursuits.

5. Julie Palmer:

   UK construction has been one of the hardest hit sectors following the Brexit result, the rise in uncertainty will have led to a steep slowdown in investment activity and so, in the short term at least, UK construction will feel some pain.

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