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- Something is active if it is turned on or started.
- One of the computers was active: its screen was bright.
- If someone is active, he or she does exercise often or participates often.
- (grammar) A sentence is active if its subject does the action.
- Antonym: passive
- "Athena helped Odysseus" is an active sentence because Athena is the one who helped.