The phrase "active meaning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the significance or interpretation of a word, phrase, or concept that conveys a sense of action or engagement.
Example: "In this context, the term 'active meaning' refers to the dynamic interpretation of the text that encourages reader participation."
Alternatives: "dynamic significance" or "engaged interpretation".
The sainted William Shawn, our editor from 1952 to 1987, forbade the passive use of "intrigued" to mean interested, amused, or fascinated, permitting it only in its active meaning of engaging in underhanded scheming).
Nearly two-thirds of study subjects were considered inactive — 11% were regularly active and about 4% were "weekend warriors". The rest were "insufficiently active," meaning they were not inactive but did not meet recommended activity guidelines.
The activity of this pathway is the probability that this interaction is "active", meaning the product of the probabilities that the two genes are in the "up" state.
Gene chips, which detect genes that are active, meaning they are being used to make a protein, have become essential tools.
Those institutions, Long says, tend to present artifacts as historical objects, without the active meaning that is part of Carrasco's work.
The center, based in Montgomery, Ala., records only groups that are active, meaning that the groups are registering members, passing out fliers, protesting or showing other signs of activity beyond maintaining a Web site.
The Power of a Pony: Youth Literacies, Participatory Culture, and Active Meaning-Making.
They demand active meaning-making; we have to fill in any gaps and create as well as discover meanings within stories [ 11].
The app sees roughly 200,000 monthly actives, meaning someone who has either sent or responds to a private message, and has a stronger presence in Europe and India thanks to its Windows Phone support, as the platform is more popular in those markets.
The CARA results distinguished 4 classes of compounds: nonreplicating-bactericidal, replicating-bactericidal, replicating-bacteriostatic, and dual-active, meaning either replicating-bacteriostatic or replicating-bactericidal as well as nonreplicating-bactericidal (Tables 1and 3).
Blacken is more descriptive but has an active primary meaning of "destroying reputation".
