No. 2,688 in French
actives
"Actives" in French means "active" (feminine plural) or refers to working individuals/employees.
In a sentence
Les cellules actives jouent un rôle clé dans le fonctionnement du système biologique.
Active cells play a key role in the functioning of the biological system.
In this sentence, the word 'actives' is used as an adjective modifying the noun 'cellules' to describe their dynamic and functioning nature.
Nous avons besoin de stratégies actives pour résoudre ce problème complexe.
We need active strategies to solve this complex problem.
Here, 'actives' functions as an adjective qualifying 'stratégies' to denote their proactive and involved characteristics.
Les participantes actives ont contribué grandement au succès de l'événement.
The active participants contributed greatly to the success of the event.
In this example, 'actives' is employed as an adjective to describe the participants ('participantes') who were dynamically engaged in the event activities.
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