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Meanings of dormant in inglês

catalão
inactiu

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

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inactiu

In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.

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Examples for "inactive"
Examples for "inactive"
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The company pointed to its closure of inactive accounts as an example.
News.com.au
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Number of days the account can be inactive before being disabled automatically.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
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Keller's medical problems include advanced liver disease, hepatitis C and inactive tuberculosis.
Reuters
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These figures include the names of active as well as inactive companies.
The Irish Times
5
The latter phenomenon was due to receptor transition to the inactive state.
Pubmed

Lying with head on paws as if sleeping.

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Inactive but capable of becoming active.

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