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Meanings of dormant in English

Catalan
inactiu

(Of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct.

Related terms
inactiu

In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.

Related terms

Lying with head on paws as if sleeping.

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Inactive but capable of becoming active.

Usage of dormant in English
1
High quality loan issuance so far this year has been fairly dormant.
Reuters
2
That day, my dormant wish of almost exactly three years came true.
Letters to jackie: condolences from a grieving nation
3
If progress stalls, tax reform could lay dormant during 2018's election year.
Reuters
4
Perhaps they were even a form of power, but one long dormant.
Hood
5
However, viruses may be dormant within the CNS and become active later.
Pubmed
6
She said that indicated to authorities the virus had not been dormant.
Radio NZ
7
Conditions can make us dormant, but we reemerge when the climate changes.
Fatal Voyage
8
The river monsters along the river's marge lay dormant in the slime.
A Dreamer's Tales
9
However, this Micawber outfit appeared dormant on the Oakbay audits of 2015.
The South African
10
The BBC's Neil Bowdler reports from the heart of a dormant volcano.
BBC
11
Friends loaned their dormant equipment to get Humphrey's story-telling muscles working again.
Wired
12
The aborted bill provided Yingluck's long-dormant enemies with the ammunition they needed.
Reuters
13
He crossed to the window and looked out upon the dormant city.
The Seventh Noon
14
At the sight of the little girl all her dormant qualms awoke.
The Glimpses of the Moon
15
IN 1925, scientists discovered that cows had a dormant facility for language.
The Irish Times
16
I caught it all right, but it's sort of dormant in me.
Another part of the wood
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Translations for dormant
Catalan
inactiu
Dormant through the time
Dormant across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common