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active voice
noun
()
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
Synonyms:
active
,
Antonyms:
passive voice,
Examples:
`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice.
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modal auxiliary
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reflexive verb
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future perfect
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verbal noun
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direct object
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verbify
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anthimeria
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imperfective aspect
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demonstrative pronoun
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present perfect
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verb phrase
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past perfect
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grammatical case
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function word
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objective case
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accusative case
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noun phrase
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genitive case
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indefinite pronoun
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aoristic
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nominative case
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main clause
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verb
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dative case
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heteroclitic
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monopersonal
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subject case
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subjunction
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independent clause
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content word
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perfect tense
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common noun
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concrete noun
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parusia
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nounize
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parelcon
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relative pronoun
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relative clause
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major form class
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grammatical category
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imperative mood
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nominalize
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word form
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adposition
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imperfect tense
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personal pronoun
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subtonic
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reciprocal pronoun
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possessive case
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parisyllabic
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present progressive
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extradictionary
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language unit
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adnominal
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sound out
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paucal
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indirect speech
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auxiliary verb
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preterite
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enclisis
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complex sentence
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subjunctive
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figure of speech
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homoioptoton
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heteroclite
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comitative
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alpha privative
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verbile
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interrogative mood
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paronym
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transitivize
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nonstative
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illocution
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rhetorical device
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metaplast
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heterophemy
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simple sentence
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declinable
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