actives
- 1Plural of active.
The serum's actives penetrate the skin more deeply than ordinary moisturizers.
The fraternity's actives organized this spring's fundraiser without the alumni.
Note
An adjective turned noun, and once it is a noun it pluralizes like any other count noun: one active, several actives. The adjective itself never takes the -s, so you write active members or active components, but the actives when the word stands alone. In engineering the plural names components that are not passive, which makes actives the natural partner of passives in that field.
actives is a form of active
active, noun: A substance in a skincare, cosmetic or medicinal product that delivers the intended effect, as distinct from the base that carries it. Full entry
- Forms
- activeactives plural
- Spelling
- active → actives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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