activity

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US /ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/ UK /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

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1

noun
something you do for interest or enjoyment

Swimming is my favourite weekend activity.
2

noun
a situation in which a lot is happening or being done

The streets were full of activity on market day.
3

noun
the state of being busy and moving around

After surgery, you should avoid strenuous activity for a week.

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1 noun · something you do for... pursuit undertaking

3 noun · the state of being busy and... action

More doings endeavor enterprise pursuance venture

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passivity rest

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Forms activities

Derived forms autoactivitybioactivitycoactivitycounteractivitycrifanaccyberactivitycytoactivitydark-activityelectroactivityfanacfuntivityhectivity

Related forms active doer occurrence

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin āctīvitāsder. Middle French activitébor. English activity From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active + -ity.

activité Middle French activitas Latin

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# activity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 3353

## Meanings
1. something you do for interest or enjoyment
2. a situation in which a lot is happening or being done
3. the state of being busy and moving around

## Examples
- Swimming is my favourite weekend activity.
- The streets were full of activity on market day.
- After surgery, you should avoid strenuous activity for a week.

## Synonyms
- doings
- endeavor
- enterprise
- pursuance
- pursuit
- undertaking
- venture

## Antonyms
- passivity
- rest

## Derived Forms
- autoactivity
- bioactivity
- coactivity
- counteractivity
- crifanac
- cyberactivity
- cytoactivity
- dark-activity
- electroactivity
- fanac
- funtivity
- hectivity

## Related Forms
- active
- doer
- occurrence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: activité
- Root: activitas
- Affix: -ity - state

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin āctīvitāsder. Middle French activitébor. English activity From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active + -ity.

## AI Etymology
Activity is from Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active plus -ity. The abstract suffix turns active into a noun for a quality, condition, or measurable property, which keeps the modern meanings close to the adjective behind it. In use as a noun, activity denotes something you do for interest or enjoyment, a situation in which a lot is happening or being done, and the state of being busy and moving around. The same word family continues in derived forms such as autoactivity, bioactivity, coactivity, and counteractivity and related entries such as active, doer, and occurrence.

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