activity

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Etymology

From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪvɪti

Noun

activity (plural activities)

1. 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.

2. something done as an action or a movement

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

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

   Quilting can be a fun activity.

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

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 Wikisaurus:activity

Antonyms

• rest
• passivity

Translations

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force

• Albanian: aktivitet (sq) f
• Arabic: نشاط (našāʈ) m
• Asturian: actividá (ast) f
• Bulgarian: активност (bg) (aktívnost) f
• Catalan: activitat (ca) f
• Chinese: 活動, 活动 (huódòng)
• Czech: aktivita (cs) f, čilost (cs) f
• Dutch: activiteit (nl) f, actief (nl) f
• Esperanto: aktiveco (eo)
• Finnish: aktiivisuus (fi), toiminta (fi)
• French: activité (fr) f
• Galician: actividade (gl) f
• German: Aktivität (de) f, Tätigkeit (de) f
• Greek: δραστηριότητα (el) (drastiriótita) f
• Hebrew: פעילות (he) (pe‘ilút) f, מעש (he) (má`as) m (rare)

• Hungarian: elfoglaltság (hu)
• Italian: attività (it) f
• Japanese: 活動 (かつどう, katsudō)
• Korean: 활동 (hwaldong)
• Malay: kegiatan (ms), aktiviti (ms)
• Maori: ngohe (mi)
• Norwegian: aktivitet (no) m
• Persian: فعالیت (fa) (fa'âliyat)
• Portuguese: atividade (pt) f
• Romanian: activitate (ro) f
• Russian: деятельность (ru) (déjatel’nost’) f
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese Sardinian: faìna

• Slovene: aktívnost (sl) f, dejávnost (sl) f
• Spanish: actividad (es) f
• Swedish: aktivitet (sv) c, verksamhet (sv) c
• Vietnamese: hoạt động (vi)

something done as an action or a movement

• Asturian: actividá (ast) f
• Bulgarian: дейност (bg) (dejnost)
• Catalan: activitat (ca) f
• Chinese: 動作, 动作 (dòngzuò)
• Czech: činnost (cs) f
• Dutch: activiteit (nl) f, beweging (nl) f, werkzaamheid (nl) f
• Finnish: aktiivisuus (fi), toiminta (fi)
• French: activité (fr) f
• Galician: actividade (gl) f
• German: Aktivität (de) f, Handlung (de) f
• Greek: δράση (el) (drási) f
• Hebrew: פעילות (he) (pe‘ilút) f
• Italian: attività (it) f
• Japanese: 活動 (かつどう, katsudō)

• Malayalam: പ്രയോഗം (ml) (prayogam)
• Maltese: attività (mt) f
• Norwegian: aktivitet (no) m
• Portuguese: atividade (pt) f
• Romanian: activitate (ro) f
• Sanskrit: प्रयोगः (sa) (prayogaH) m
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese Sardinian: faìna

• Scots: acteevity
• Scottish Gaelic: gnìomhachd (gd) f
• Slovene: aktívnost (sl) f, dejávnost (sl) f
• Spanish: actividad (es) f
• Swedish: aktivitet (sv) c, sysselsättning (sv)
• Thai: การเคลื่อนไหว (th)
• Welsh: gweithgaredd (cy) m

something done for pleasure or entertainment

• Bulgarian: активност (bg) (aktivnost)
• Chinese: 活動, 活动 (huódòng)
• Czech: aktivita (cs)
• Dutch: activiteit (nl) f
• Finnish: askartelu (fi), aktiviteetti (fi)
• French: activité (fr) f
• German: Aktivität (de) f, Unternehmung (de) f
• Greek: δραστηριότητα (el) (drastiriótita) f
• Hebrew: פעילות (he) (pe‘ilút) f
• Italian: attività (it) f, svago (it) m
• Japanese: 活動 (かつどう, katsudō)

• Maltese: attività (mt) f
• Norwegian: aktivitet (no) m
• Romanian: activitate (ro) f
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese Sardinian: faìna

• Scots: acteevity
• Scottish Gaelic: spòrs (gd) f, gnìomhachd (gd) f
• Spanish: actividad (es) f
• Swedish: aktivitet (sv) c, sysselsättning (sv)
• Thai: กิจกรรม (th)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: kegiatan, aktivitas
• Interlingua: activitate

• Irish: gníomhaíocht (ga) f
• Volapük: dunöf

External links

• activity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• activity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911