NOUN | relation | active voice, active | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb |
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Meaning | The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb. | |
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Example | "'The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice" | |
Synonym | active | |
Broader | voice | (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes |
Opposite | passive voice, passive | The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb |
Spanish | activa, voz activa |
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