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- Dictionarydormant/ˈdɔːm(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep: "dormant butterflies"
- 2. temporarily inactive or inoperative: "that dormant urge to write fiction has re-emerged"
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Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later time: The long-dormant volcano has recently shown signs of erupting. These investments have remained dormant for several years. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not active or working.
Dormant definition: lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid. See examples of DORMANT used in a sentence.
The meaning of DORMANT is represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws. How to use dormant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dormant.
Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later time: The long-dormant volcano has recently shown signs of erupting. These investments have remained dormant for several years. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not active or working.
Definition of dormant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on.
Dormant comes from French dormir, "to sleep," and it refers to living things that are on a break rather than things that have died. Being dormant is being temporarily at rest, although sometimes, as with some cancer cells, things become permanently — and thankfully — dormant.
Dormant Definition. dôrmənt. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Sleeping. Webster's New World. As if asleep; quiet; still. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Present but not active or manifest though capable of becoming so. American Heritage. Inoperative; inactive. Webster's New World.
1. inactive, as in sleep; torpid. 2. being in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth. 3. undeveloped, unasserted, or inactive; latent: talents that lay dormant. 4. (of a volcano) not erupting. 5. held in abeyance; temporarily inoperative.
Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on.
