HyperDic: active_voice

English > 1 sense of the expression active voice:
NOUNrelationactive voice, activethe voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
English > active voice: 1 sense > noun 1, relation
MeaningThe voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb.
Example"'The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
Synonymactive
Broadervoice(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
Oppositepassive voice, passiveThe voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
Spanishactiva, voz activa

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