dormant

/ˈdɔɹmənt/

adj 3noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

active, all, beneath, corporate, lay, longer, under

VERB + DORMANT

account, bank, become, extinguished, go, goes, lie, lies

DORMANT + NOUN

cinders, companies, extinct, friendship, layer, life, mars, superhuman

PREP.

during, in, on

ADV.

often, relatively

Definitions

adj

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.

The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.

In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

a lion dormant

Leaning.

noun

A crossbeam or joist.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — inactive but capable of becoming active

abeyant

adjective — (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct

inactive

adjective — in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

torpid

Antonyms

active

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.

Wiktionary

The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.

Wiktionary

This volcano is dormant but not extinct.

Wiktionary

Mt. Asama is now dormant.

Tatoeba · #273346

In each of us there lies a dormant superhuman.

Tatoeba · #567913

At the end of the sleep the dormant awakes.

Tatoeba · #788345

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