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Activity has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any specific behavior

"they avoided all recreational activity"

2

the state of being active

"his sphere of activity"

"he is out of action"

3

an organic process that takes place in the body

"respiratory activity"

4

(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

"catalytic activity"

5

a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

"the action of natural forces"

"volcanic activity"

6

the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically

"the level of activity declines with age"

7

The state or quality of being active; activeness.

"The new gym equipment is designed specifically to maximize physical activity during your workout routine."

In plain English: An activity is something you do for fun, work, or exercise.

"She decided to take up yoga as a new activity to stay fit."

Usage: Use activity to refer to a specific action, task, or event that someone does, rather than the general concept of being energetic. It often describes hobbies, sports, or work duties in everyday conversation.

Example Sentences
"She decided to take up yoga as a new activity to stay fit." noun
"Reading in the library is a quiet activity many students enjoy after school." noun
"The park offers various outdoor activities for families to try on weekends." noun
"Cleaning your room every day will become an automatic activity before you go out." noun
Related Terms
play reading game swim dance camp sleep work exercise writing climb run drive read dream active inactive party call wash
Antonyms
inactivity inactiveness inaction
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
act state organic process capability process trait
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
update variation space walk domesticity operation practice diversion cup of tea follow-up game turn music acting liveliness burst work works service occupation writing role wrongdoing waste attempt control protection sensory activity education training representation creation dismantling puncture search use measurement calibration organization grouping support continuance procedure ceremony worship energizing concealment placement provision demand pleasure enjoyment lamentation laughter market politics preparation aid behavior leadership precession solo buzz fun release last mystification negotiation verbalization perturbation timekeeping agency busyness eruption overdrive play swing breathing respiration breath consumption sexual activity insemination sleeping reaction crying ablactation anastalsis discharge expectoration festering healing hypostasis lacrimation lactation opsonization overactivity peristalsis perspiration phagocytosis pinocytosis placentation psilosis tanning transpiration radiation absorption acidification adiabatic process aeration antiredeposition capture centrifugation chemical process chromatography concretion condensation convection curdling decay demagnetization desorption diffusion dissolution distillation drift effervescence electrophoresis establishment extinction extraction feedback filtration flocculation flow formation fossilization geological process hardening inactivation ion exchange ionization leach magnetization materialization nuclear reaction opacification oscillation oxygenation pair production phase change precession of the equinoxes saltation scattering sericulture sink soak softening sorption source stiffening stimulation succession survival synergy temperature change transduction vitrification animation dynamism

Origin

The word activity comes from the Middle French activité, which was borrowed from the Latin activitas. It entered English as a noun formed by adding the suffix -ity to the root active.

Rhyming Words
ity pity mity city ality arity ility acity deity whity asity icity unity hoity laity amity osity inity egoity vomity
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