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active
Adjective
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If someone is active, he or she does exercise often or participates often.
She was such an active 80-year-old that she ran the .
Jenkins is an active member of the since he goes to all the meetings.
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A sentence is active if its subject does the action.
"Athena helped Odysseus" is an active sentence because Athena is the one who helped.
directory
Noun
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A directory is a book or list of names, usually in alphabetical order with telephone numbers or addresses.
He checked he number in the directory.
contact
Noun
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When mathx/math makes or has contact with mathy/math, they touch each other physically.
The trains in Tokyo are so crowded that everyone has to stand in close contact to everyone else.
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By extension, its use as a metaphor:
He wore dark glasses so that he wouldn't have to make eye contact with anyone.
"Did you tell Chris about lunch today?" "No, I wasn't able to get in contact with him."
contact
Verb
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If A contacts B, A telephones B or writes a letter or e-mail to B.
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