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Definition: Active Voice |
Active VoiceNoun1. The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Language | Category which identifies the subject of a sentence as the actor and the object as the goal, with respect to the action or process denoted by the verb. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Active VoiceSynonym: active (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: passive (n), passive voice (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Active Voice |
| English words defined with "active voice": active. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "active voice": Computing Devices Canada Ltd.. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Country | Name |
| USA | Active Voice Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "active voice": the active voice. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
active voice | 50 |
passive active voice | 32 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "active voice"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aktiv (active, asset, assets, in action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bedrývende vorm (assets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aktiva voĉo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | actif (active, in action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Aktiv (active, actively, energetic, in action, on active service, practicing, radioactive, the active voice, work team, working). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενεργητική φωνή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אפן פעיל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cselekvő igealak, cselekvő alak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | germynd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attivo (active, alive, assets, brisk, busy, hardworking, in action, industrious, instrumental, lively, practicing, practising, spry, strenuous, working). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 能動態 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | のうどうたい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fwee jantagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | activeay oicevay voz ativa. (various references) diatezã activã. (various references) aktiv. (various references) activo (abuzz, active, alert, alive, asset, assets, bouncy, brisk, bustling, deedful, enabled, hardworking, humming, in action, N 10, radioactive, resources, spry, tangible, transitive, U10, up and doing), voz activa. (various references) etken çatı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-i-o-t-v-v" | |
-2 letters: evocative. | |
-3 letters: coactive, vocative. | |
-5 letters: acetic, active, avocet, coatee, octave, viatic, vivace, votive. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 74 69 76 65      56 6F 69 63 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01010110 01101111 01101001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c t i v e   V o i c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0074 0069 0076 0065      0056 006F 0069 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35698675887125681756971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Names: Company Usage 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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