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Main Entry:	alive [uh-lahyv] Show IPA/əˈlaɪv/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	being animately existent
Synonyms:	animate, around, awake, breathing, cognizant, conscious, dynamic, existing, extant, functioning, growing, knowing, live, living, mortal, operative, running, subsisting, viable, vital, working, zoetic
Antonyms:	dead, deceased, inanimate, lifeless

Main Entry:	active
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	having movement
Synonyms:	alive, astir, at work, bustling, effective, efficacious, exertive, flowing, functioning, going, hasty, impelling, in force, in play, in process, mobile, movable, moving, operating, operative, progressive, pushing, rapid, restless, rolling, running, rushing, rustling, shifting, simmering, speeding, speedy, streaming, swarming, traveling, turning, walking, working
Notes:	active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads
Antonyms:	abeyant, dormant, immobile, inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish

Main Entry:	active
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	very involved in activity
Synonyms:	aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, bustling, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, fireball, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous
Antonyms:	disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet

* = informal/non-formal usage

Example Sentences

Precisely those things she wanted when alive continued as desires after death.

Sometimes, those who have died seem more alive than those who have not.

The sun seems to come alive with arcing loops that show magnetic field lines interacting above its surface.

Precisely those things she wanted when alive continued as desires after death.

Sometimes, those who have died seem more alive than those who have not.

The sun seems to come alive with arcing loops that show magnetic field lines interacting above its surface.

What seems apparent, and what everyone seems to agree on, is that they were once alive.

Nima quickly gets tangled up in a race to escape the island alive.

In cooler part of range, tops may be killed by light frost, but roots usually stay alive to send up new stems.

For another, people are remaining alive even after they're blown up and decapitated, which is insane.

Our campus is alive all the time because our students make it so.

For years only blurred telephoto shots gave proof he was alive.

Ensuring that the animals are worth more alive than dead may be their only shot at survival.

And they proceed to remove his liver while he's still alive.

Except for our hero, all the men were smashed up, drowned or eaten alive.

They're superb habitat plants--my garden is more alive than it's ever been.

Just having been alive for a while could protect you from getting the novel swine flu circling the planet.

No lawsuits were filed, but then the physicist was still alive at the time.

The cells actually collected by the needle sit in an insulated safe zone and are thus left alive.

Red-eyed tree frogs have some amazing ways to stay alive.

Empty space is full, particles are waves, and cats can be both alive and dead at the same time.

These scientists must keep ants alive for years in order to study them.

Staying alive is expensive, using resources that might otherwise be devoted to reproduction.

The bodies show few signs of other trauma, suggesting the men were alive when beheaded.

All space missions have one inescapable dependency: the electricity flowing through their systems to keep them alive.

Steinman was not alive to receive his recognition, but his accomplishments will benefit so many people.

In a universe of empty space and stellar furnaces and ice worlds, it is good to be alive.

The nature of the congresswoman's injury, along with prompt emergency care kept her alive.

Many of them are also weird-looking-not, at first glance, related to anything now alive.

The tips of such a tree show organisms that are alive today.

For a clincher, racial hostility seems to be alive and well.

The crude oil killed all of the larvae whereas the nicotine-free stuff left a fifth of them alive after two days.

In recording thought in written words, he believed, people save themselves the trouble of keeping thought alive in.

By contrast, final-salary schemes remain alive and expensively kicking in the public sector.

Watch the people and cultures of the region come alive in thrilling videos.

He's spent his life chasing a sea monster that's never been taken alive.

Plant a water-wise front yard alive with texture and blooms.

We're going to artificially kill people so it buys us time, and then bring them back alive.

Academic hierrarchy is real and alive and strong and those who practise it don't often talk about it.

Everyone alive today is descended from a group of people from a single region who survived this catastrophe.

Towns can be said to be alive or dead, but in the case of my town, it's so alive you can eat it.

And that there was no way to keep the tree alive in a drought-tolerant landscape.

Now developers have all sorts of ways to keep players alive longer.

All those dry, boring subjects from high school were suddenly alive for me.

But for many people in poor places, the disease is alive and kicking-unlike its victims.

Fortunately, there are theropods with threadlike feathers alive today: baby birds.

My generation has stayed around and tried to keep the town alive.

What mattered was that he personified their fight for freedom, kept alive their hopes and defied their enemies.

The sun was playing with mountain surface, coloring it with morning light and making mountains alive.

Hand-operated pump would have kept catch alive during long trips.

So many of the prehistoric creatures were so unlike anything alive today.

The golden age of coin-op gaming is behind us, but there are still some hold-outs dedicated to keeping the flame alive.

When the grants run out, colleges hope that encouraging data will keep their programs alive.

More likely, partisan pressure will keep the past alive.

The key to keeping the magic alive in a marriage, experts say, is finding ways to promote the positive.

What may have been a comet causes electrical circuits to come alive.

Authorities are receiving several reports of pigeons found alive with metal darts through their skulls.

Had you been alive at the dawn of the solar system, the night sky would have been bright enough to read by.

Also on display were experimental robot models capable of telling whether a victim is dead or alive by checking vital signs.

It's a southern tradition that is still relatively alive and well.

And, in fact, the dead could look better when exhumed than they did while still alive.

He's lucky to be alive and sentient, but the trauma has taken its toll:.

Mythical red mercury, the supposed fuel for mini-nukes, is still alive and gearing up for a comeback.

It is here that the coast comes alive with sea cliffs, balsam forests, and offshore islands.

Of course, such critter chips have limitations, because they are alive.

Let's keep the dream alive and make the unknown elements of space known to our world.

The key to keeping the magic alive in a marriage, experts say, is finding.

Thank you for making this seem to come alive for me.

By contrast, mammals in the northern hemisphere were rapidly diversifying and becoming the ancestors of all mammals alive today.

On the other hand, there are many patients alive today because they were treated with antiangiogenic drugs:.

Onshore, the half mile of beach was alive with seals.

The economy might be on the ropes, but e-commerce appears to be alive and well.

So it was clear that they thought this guy could keep them alive and in one piece and complete the mission.

The more snow that slides past you, the less likely you'll be buried alive.

Most likely a significant number of us would not be alive if antibiotics were not in force.

Beautiful during the spring, the area really comes alive in the winter when migrating waterfowl sweep into the area.

The rainy, overcast night was alive with tracers and explosions.

Older implantable cardiac devices have a solid track record of keeping heart patients alive longer.

But it's beyond the parkway that the region's history truly comes alive.

During this period you are kept alive artificially whist the heart is worked on.

Main Entry:	appreciative
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	understanding, recognizing worth
Synonyms:	admiring, affectionate, alive, aware, cognizant, conscious, considerate, cooperative, cordial, enlightened, enthusiastic, favorable, friendly, generous, keen, kindly, knowledgeable, magnanimous, mindful, perceptive, pleased, receptive, regardful, respectful, responsive, satisfied, sensitive, supportive, sympathetic, understanding
Antonyms:	ignorant, neglectful

Main Entry:	awake
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	conscious; alert
Synonyms:	alive, aroused, attentive, awakened, aware, cognizant, excited, heedful, knowing, observant, on guard, roused, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful
Antonyms:	asleep, unconscious

Main Entry:	aware
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	knowledgeable
Synonyms:	acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool, enlightened, familiar, go-go, groovy, grounded, heedful, hip, in the know, in the picture, informed, into, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, mindful, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wise to, wised up, with it
Antonyms:	ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	cognizant
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	aware
Synonyms:	acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, awake, conscious, conversant, down with, familiar, grounded, hep to, hip to, in on, in the know, in the picture, informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, observant, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, savvy, sensible, sentient, tuned in, up on, versed, wise to, with it, witting
Antonyms:	ignorant, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowledgeable, unwitting

Main Entry:	conversant
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	experienced, familiar with
Synonyms:	abreast, acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, cool, down with, hep, hip, informed, into, kept posted, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, on the beam, perceptive, percipient, plugged in, practiced, proficient, sensible, sentient, skilled, up*, up-to-date, versant, versed, well-informed, witting
Antonyms:	ignorant, inexperienced, quiet, silent

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	expressive
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	telling, revealing
Synonyms:	alive, allusive, articulate, artistic, brilliant, colorful, demonstrative, dramatic, eloquent, emphatic, energetic, forcible, graphic, indicative, ingenious, lively, masterly, meaningful, mobile, moving, passionate, pathetic, pictorial, picturesque, poignant, pointed, pregnant, representative, responsive, revelatory, showy, significant, silver-tongued, spirited, stimulating, stirring, striking, strong, suggestive, sympathetic, tender, thoughtful, touching, understanding, vivid, warm
Antonyms:	expressionless, inexpressive, passive, undemonstrative

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