active adjective (GRAMMAR) âº grammar [ not gradable ] describing a verb or sentence in which the subject is the person or thing that does what is stated: In Alex gave me a gift, the verb give is active, and in I was given a gift by Alex, give is passive.
A single night of sleep deprivation can impact a person's ability to coordinate eye movements with steering. Share: Results of the study showed that, in all drivers, sleep deprivation adversely affected their ability to coordinate eye movements when steering.
(dreams) Even though sleep researchers have studied the effects of sleep deprivation for decades, they have discovered little not evident from ordinary, everyday observation: sleep deprived individuals become tired, irritable, and less effective.