HUMAN ACTIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human activity mean? 

• HUMAN ACTIVITY (noun)
  The noun HUMAN ACTIVITY has 1 sense:

1. something that people do or cause to happen

  Familiarity information: HUMAN ACTIVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN ACTIVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that people do or cause to happen

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Synonyms:

act; deed; human action; human activity

Hypernyms ("human activity" is a kind of...):

event (something that happens at a given place and time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "human activity"):

inactivity (being inactive; being less active)

forfeit; forfeiture; sacrifice (the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.)

derivation (the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin)

activity (any specific behavior)

hire (the act of hiring something or someone)

wear; wearing (the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment)

assessment; judgement; judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

production (the act or process of producing something)

stay (continuing or remaining in a place or state)

abidance; residence; residency (the act of dwelling in a place)

rejection (the act of rejecting something)

hinderance; hindrance; interference (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)

stop; stoppage (the act of stopping something)

group action (action taken by a group of people)

distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)

legitimation (the act of rendering a person legitimate)

permissive waste; waste ((law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect)

proclamation; promulgation (the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice)

communicating; communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)

speech act (the use of language to perform some act)

digging up; disinterment; exhumation (the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried)

acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)

causation; causing (the act of causing something to happen)

delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)

discovery; find; uncovering (the act of discovering something)

disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something)

effectuation; implementation (the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect)

egress; egression; emergence (the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent)

equalisation; equalization; leveling (the act of making equal or uniform)

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

mitsvah; mitzvah ((Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty)

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))

running away (the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be)

touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)

nonaccomplishment; nonachievement (an act that does not achieve its intended goal)

leaning (the act of deviating from a vertical position)

motivating; motivation (the act of motivating; providing incentive)

assumption (the act of assuming or taking for granted)

 Context examples 

Others are the result of human activities, like lead poisoning from paint, or exposure to asbestos or mercury from mining or industrial use.

(Environmental Health, NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

They are growing in a remote region of northern Brazil, far from human activity, and may be over 400 years old.

(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)

“But human activity does present a challenge for using this tool in an urban setting.”

(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)

Human activity can pollute groundwater particularly in the shallowest few hundred metres where it is relied upon for water supply and irrigation.

(Modern pollutants can reach deep fossil aquifers, SciDev.Net)

Human activity has increased the direct warming effect of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by 50 percent above pre-industrial levels during the past 25 years, according to NOAA's 10th Annual Greenhouse Gas Index.

(Warming due to carbon dioxide jumped by half in 25 years, NOAA)

"At the local level, we're seeing how human activity can affect the loss of species."

(Plant biodiversity struggles to return in wake of agricultural abandonment, National Science Foundation)

Much of it comes from human activities such as mining and manufacturing.

(Lead Poisoning, Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry)

More than 85 percent occurred during a time when there were no storms or lightning; most of the fires started with human activities.

(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)

Changes in climate may be due to natural forces or from human activities.

(Climate Change, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Lead is a naturally occurring toxic metal, but sources of lead exposure are often due to human activities, including burning fossil fuels, mining, and manufacturing.

(Lead in kids’ blood linked with behavioral and emotional problems, NIH)