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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.
directional
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adjective
relating to or indicating directions in space
a directional microphone
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adjective
relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal
he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science
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adjective
(= directing)
showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
felt his mother's directing arm around him
the directional role of science on industrial progress
coupler
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noun
(= coupling)
a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects