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be active

v. be in a state of action; "she is always moving" [syn: move] [ant: rest]

Usage examples of "be active".

So was one of the remote arrays, and he hoped the other one would be active soon.

She was not anxious and pointed out that she was tied down and unable to be active.

Up and down the street and to both sides of them it was the same: no signs of human habitation, or of any business that might be active after dark.

Hopefully, anything that might still be active here would be of Human manufacture and so less likely to kill other Humans on sight.

All of this requires that for effective missile fire, the missile drive must still be active and capable of terminal attack maneuvers right up to the instant of detonation.

We just couldnt take a chance that the ears in the walls in the Imperial might be active.

We just couldn't take a chance that the ears in the walls in the Imperial might be active.