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dormant
Meaning: temporarily inactive but capable of becoming active again
dormant in a sentence
How dormant is used in real sentences:
The volcano had been dormant for centuries before it suddenly erupted.
Scientists worried that the dormant virus could reactivate under the right conditions.
“Beside the digital ovens, the hand-cranked dough divider seemed an anachronism, while a jar of dormant starter waited in the refrigerator for next week's loaves.”
— from the passage Before Sunrise
Synonyms for dormant
Other words for dormant — inactive, quiescent and latent — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of dormant
Words that mean the opposite of dormant:
- active
Where it comes from
From Latin dormire "to sleep"
Memory hook
DORM-ANT -- like a student asleep in a dorm, dormant things are resting, not gone.