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activity
English
Etymology
From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æk?t?.v?.ti/, /æk?t?.v?.ti?/, /æk?t?.v?.ti/
- Rhymes: -?v?ti
Noun
activity (countable and uncountable, plural activities)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.
- (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "activity": increased, decreased, high, low, volcanic, seismic, eruptive, intellectual, physical, mental, spiritual, muscular, cerebral, favorite, recreational, practical, cultural, artistic, literary, musical, political, diplomatic, military, domestic, voluntary, missionary, chemical, optical, productive, reproductive, industrial, commercial, etc.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:activity
Antonyms
- rest
- passivity
Derived terms
- activity book
- activity stream
- activity trap
- beehive of activity
- catalytic activity
- extravehicular activity
- hive of activity
- nonactivity
- optical activity
- overactivity
- radioactivity
- self-activity
- subactivity
- ultrahazardous activity
- underactivity
- zone of polarizing activity
Translations
Further reading
- activity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- activity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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ado
English
Etymology
From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??du?/
Noun
ado (uncountable)
- trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i[1]:
- Antonio:
- In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
- It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
- But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
- What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
- I am to learn;
- And such a wantwit sadness makes of me,
- That I have much ado to know myself.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience:
- Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i[1]:
Usage notes
Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.
Translations
References
- ado in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- AOD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, oad, oda
Afar
Alternative forms
- (Southern dialects) aadó
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??do/
- Hyphenation: a?do
Noun
adó f
- (Northern dialects) generation
- (Northern dialects) era
Declension
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “ado”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN
French
Etymology
Clipping of adolescent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.do/
Noun
ado m or f (plural ados)
- (colloquial) teen, teenager
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
ado
- second-person singular aorist active of dad?ti (“to give”)
Sidamo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ado/
Noun
ado f
- milk
References
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62
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