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Active Voice

nounid 161991·updated May 18, 2026
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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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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
active
plural
Active Voices
possessive
Active Voice's
pluralpossessive
Active Voices'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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