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active duty
ac′tive du′ty
n. the status of full-time military service: on active duty. Also called ac′tive serv′ice. active dutyFull-time duty in the active military service of the United States. This includes members of the Reserve Components serving on active duty or full-time training duty, but does not include full-time National Guard duty. Also called AD. See also active duty for training; inactive duty training.active duty
active duty1. Current, full-time service in the military. My son is in the army, and I worry so much when he's on active duty.2. By extension, full-time service in another area of life. I'm still on active duty until I retire at the end of the month.See also: active, dutyactive dutyFull-time service, as in Julian is 81, but he still comes to the office every day and is very much on active duty . This term comes from the military, where it stands in opposition to reserve, which refers to troops still in the military but not actively engaged. It is occasionally transferred to civilian matters as well. [First half of 1800s] See also: active, dutyAcronymsSeeACTDU |