Dormant meaning: DORMANCY definition

DORMANCY definition : 1. the state of being dormant (= not active or growing but able to become active later): 2. the…. Learn more. Threshers reproduce via spores that lie dormant for millennia, yet are robust enough to survive prolonged periods in deep space and atmospheric re-entry. As a result, thresher spores appear on many worlds, spread by previous generations of space travelers. 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 some cancer cells, things become permanently — and thankfully — dormant. Dormant means not active or growing but having the ability to be active at a later time. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.