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surface
Noun
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The surface of an object is the outside of the thing.
The surface of the earth is very large.
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The surface of a liquid is the top of it.
The surface of the lake was smooth.
surface
Verb
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When a thing surfaces, it comes to the top of liquid.
The fish surfaced to get food.
The swimmer surfaced for air.
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If information or facts surface, they are revealed or become known.
s surfaced that claimed the company was under investigation.
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.