- [countable, usually plural] a thing that you do for interest or pleasure
- leisure/outdoor/recreational activities
- The club provides a wide variety of activities including tennis, swimming and squash.
Extra ExamplesTopics Hobbiesa1- Shopping is now a leisure activity.
- The real value of social activities is being with friends and taking time out from the pressures of daily living.
- The students were involved in a range of extracurricular activities.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- frantic
- frenetic
- heightened
- …
- burst
- flurry
- level
- …
- conduct
- do
- perform
- …
- a hive of activity
- a sign of activity
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- [countable, usually plural] a thing that somebody does in order to achieve a particular aim
- criminal/terrorist/illegal activities
- The book contains plenty of ideas for classroom activities.
- He has decided to focus his time and resources on his business activities.
- We met to review progress and to coordinate our activities.
Extra Examples- They had been involved in a variety of criminal activities.
- Here's an activity you can do with mixed ability classes.
- The party's activities have been suspended.
- We suspect he may be involved in illegal activities.
- The main problem is that people may not report all of their physical activities on questionnaires.
- [uncountable] a situation in which something is happening or a lot of things are being done
- Economic activity has taken a downturn this year.
- The streets were noisy and full of activity.
- Muscles contract and relax during physical activity.
- There was no criminal activity involved.
- The machines can monitor brain activity.
Extra Examples- Their income was derived from criminal activity.
- It will only be possible to stimulate business activity with an injection of public funds.
- Newspapers report a higher level of activity in the foreign exchange markets.
- Police watched the house all day, but there was no sign of activity.
- Teachers here are not allowed to engage in any political activity.
- The classroom was a hive of activity as the children prepared for the concert.
- The islands were formed by volcanic activity.
- The room was buzzing with activity.
- The scene was one of frenetic activity.
- There was a flurry of activity as the film star appeared on the balcony.
- They had engaged in sexual activity in the past three months.
- The ground is covered with evidence of human activity, particularly in the prehistoric period.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- frantic
- frenetic
- heightened
- …
- burst
- flurry
- level
- …
- conduct
- do
- perform
- …
- a hive of activity
- a sign of activity
Word Originlate Middle English: from French activité or late Latin activitas, from Latin act- ‘done’, from the verb agere.
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