dormant suggests the inactivity of something (such as a feeling or power) as though sleeping.

DORMANT definition: lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid. See examples of dormant used in a sentence.

Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later…. Learn more.

Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes: a dormant bud; a dormant bacterium.

Definition of dormant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The screen that folds around the rear is dormant unless used to take photos or for other similar tasks.

1 day ago · 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. This volcano is dormant but not …

Dormant comes from French dormir, "to sleep," and it refers to living things that are on a break rather than things that have died. Being dormant is being temporarily at rest, although sometimes, as with …

Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later…. Learn more.

Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on. ...when the long dormant volcano of Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.