Definitions for "Active voice"
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The form of a verb indicating that the grammatical subject carries out the action: Emily sliced the ham. See also passive voice, verb, and voice.
form of the verb in which the subject is the doer of the action. Example: Rodney hit the ball. See passive voice.
In the active voice, the subject is the doer of the action that is expressed by the verb.
In active voice the subject (the subject of the verb) performs the action. Active voice puts the person or thing (the subject) doing the action first in the sentence, then the verb. (The verbs in the following sentences are italized.) Active: Jane baked the cookies. (Jane, as the person doing the action, is first in the sentence.) Passive: The cookies were baked by Jane.
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"
The active voice emphasizes the person or thing that performs or causes an action. A sentence is in the active voice when the subject of the sentence performs an action and when the object receives or is the result of the action. In the following sentence, the subject Risa performed the action, and the object letter received the action. Risa mailed the letter.
denoting the verb-form of action performed by the subject.
We use the active as opposed to the passive voice, when we are as interested in the person who does something as in the thing that is done. We repair cars in our garage is an example of the active voice.
a mode of writing in which sentences are constructed so that a person or thing (the subject) acts directly rather than indirectly, usually upon an object; for example, the sentence, "The user opened a file," is in the active voice, but "A file was opened by the user," is in the passive voice.
Indicates the subject is acting rather than being acted upon. Active voice indicates that the subject is acting—doing something. ( Benjamin Franklin discovered the secrets of electricity.) See Passive voice
A sentence style in which the subject performs the action. Usually preferable to passive voice unless the passive is specifically called for. Active Voice example: The lightning struck the tree. Passive Voice example: The tree was struck by lightning. See for more information: 11 Rules of Writing Rule 10 Guide to Grammar and Style Passive vs. Active Voice
In a sentence in active voice, the subject performs the action of the verb. (See passive voice.) I mailed a letter.
A verb form in which the subject of the verb carries out some action. Example: He hit the ball.
In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action (eg They killed the President). See also Passive Voice.
Active Voice is a Seattle, WA based company acquired by Cisco Systems in 2000 for approximately $300 million. It was done to primarily for their Unity Unified Messaging product. As part of the acquisition, Cisco re-sold the voicemail-only division for $30 million to Active Voice employees.