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Summary

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active voice:
- activum; bedrijvende vorm; actieve vorm
Wiktionary:
- active voice → activum, bedrijvende vorm, actief

English

Detailed Translations for active voice from English to Dutch

active voice:

active voice [the ~] nom

the active voice (active)
het activum; bedrijvende vorm; actieve vorm
- activum [het ~] nom
- bedrijvende vorm [znw.] nom
- actieve vorm [znw.] nom

Translation Matrix for active voice:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
actieve vorm	active; active voice
activum	active; active voice	asset
bedrijvende vorm	active; active voice
-	active

Synonyms for "active voice":

active; voice

Antonyms for "active voice":

passive voice

Related Definitions for "active voice":

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb¹
- `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice¹

Wiktionary Translations for active voice:

active voice

noun

the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action
- active voice → activum; bedrijvende vorm; actief

Related Translations for active voice

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University