active duty

active duty

English

Noun

active duty (uncountable)

1. (military) A state in which person in the military performs military duties on a full-time basis, as opposed to reserve, where one only occasionally performs military duties.

   Sandie, the naval officer, left work because she had been called to active duty.

Usage notes

Generally preceded by the preposition on or to.

Antonyms

• reserve

Translations

active duty

Chinese: Mandarin: 現役／现役 (zh) (xiànyì) Estonian: tegevteenistus Finnish: aktiivipalvelus French: please add this translation if you can German: aktiver Dienst m, militärischer Einsatz m

See also

• military
• active duty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia