"active voice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: active voices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} active voice (usually uncountable, plural active voices)
  1. (grammar, uncountable) The form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action): bedrywende vorm (Afrikaans), aktief (Afrikaans), veprore [feminine] (Albanian), ἐνέργεια (enérgeia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), صِيغَة مَعْلُوم (ṣīḡat maʕlūm) [feminine] (Arabic), مَبْنِيّ لِلْمَعْلُوم (mabniyy lilmaʕlūm) [masculine] (Arabic), ներգործական սեռ (nergorcakan seṙ) (Armenian), дзе́йны стан (dzjéjny stan) [masculine] (Belarusian), акты́ўны стан (aktýŭny stan) (Belarusian), tu-gra [masculine] (Breton), дея́телен зало́г (dejátelen zalóg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), акти́в (aktív) [masculine] (Bulgarian), акти́вен зало́г (aktíven zalóg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 主動語態 (Chinese Mandarin), 主动语态 (zhǔdòng yǔtài) (Chinese Mandarin), činný rod [masculine] (Czech), aktivum [neuter] (Czech), aktiv [common-gender] (Danish), handleform [common-gender] (Danish), bedrijvende vorm (Dutch), actief [neuter] (Dutch), activum [neuter] (Dutch), aktiva voĉo (Esperanto), aktiiv (Estonian), gerðsøgn [feminine] (Faroese), aktiivi (Finnish), voix active [feminine] (French), მოქმედებითი გვარი (mokmedebiti gvari) (Georgian), Aktiv [neuter] (German), Aktivum [neuter] (German), Tatform [feminine] (German), Tätigkeitsform [feminine] (German), ενεργητική φωνή (energitikí foní) [feminine] (Greek), aktívum (Hungarian), germynd [feminine] (Icelandic), faí ghníomhach [feminine] (Irish), forma attiva [feminine] (Italian), attivo [masculine] (Italian), 能動態 (nōdōtai) (alt: のうどうたい) (Japanese), 능동태 (neungdongtae) (alt: 能動態) (Korean), genus āctīvum [neuter] (Latin), darāmā kārta [feminine] (Latvian), aktīvs [masculine] (Latvian), veikiamoji rūšis [feminine] (Lithuanian), aktyvas [masculine] (Lithuanian), актив (aktiv) [masculine] (Macedonian), കർത്തരിപ്രയോഗം (kaṟttariprayōgaṁ) (Malayalam), aktiv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), صیغه معلوم (siğe-ye ma'lum) (Persian), strona czynna [feminine] (Polish), voz ativa [feminine] (Portuguese), diateză activă [feminine] (Romanian), действи́тельный зало́г (dejstvítelʹnyj zalóg) [masculine] (Russian), акти́вный зало́г (aktívnyj zalóg) [masculine] (Russian), акти́в (aktív) [masculine] (Russian), guth spreigeach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), а̀ктӣв [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), радно стање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), àktīv [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), radno stanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), činný rod [masculine] (Slovak), aktívum [neuter] (Slovak), tvorni način [masculine] (Slovene), voz activa [feminine] (Spanish), aktiv [neuter] (Swedish), aktivum [neuter] (Swedish), tinig-tahasan (Tagalog), ді́йсний стан (díjsnyj stan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), акти́вний стан (aktývnyj stan) (Ukrainian), акти́в (aktýv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), stâd weithredol [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-active_voice-en-noun-s5UhA3jC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action': 89 11
  2. (grammar, countable) A form in a particular language used to express the active voice. Tags: countable, usually Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: voice [passive]
    Sense id: en-active_voice-en-noun-8Pr6eD0l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "bedrywende vorm"
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          "lang": "Afrikaans",
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          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
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          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "صِيغَة مَعْلُوم"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "mabniyy lilmaʕlūm",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "مَبْنِيّ لِلْمَعْلُوم"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nergorcakan seṙ",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "ներգործական սեռ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dzjéjny stan",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дзе́йны стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "aktýŭny stan",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "акты́ўны стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tu-gra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dejátelen zalóg",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дея́телен зало́г"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "aktív",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "акти́в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "aktíven zalóg",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "акти́вен зало́г"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "主動語態"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǔdòng yǔtài",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "主动语态"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "činný rod"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aktivum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aktiv"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
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          "word": "handleform"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "bedrijvende vorm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "actief"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "activum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "aktiva voĉo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "aktiiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gerðsøgn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "aktiivi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voix active"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mokmedebiti gvari",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "მოქმედებითი გვარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Aktiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Aktivum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tatform"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tätigkeitsform"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "energitikí foní",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ενεργητική φωνή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "enérgeia",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἐνέργεια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "aktívum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "germynd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "faí ghníomhach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "forma attiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "attivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "alt": "のうどうたい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nōdōtai",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "能動態"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "alt": "能動態",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "neungdongtae",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "능동태"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "genus āctīvum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "darāmā kārta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aktīvs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "veikiamoji rūšis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aktyvas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "aktiv",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "актив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaṟttariprayōgaṁ",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "കർത്തരിപ്രയോഗം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aktiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "siğe-ye ma'lum",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "صیغه معلوم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strona czynna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voz ativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diateză activă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dejstvítelʹnyj zalóg",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "действи́тельный зало́г"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "aktívnyj zalóg",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "акти́вный зало́г"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "aktív",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "акти́в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guth spreigeach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "а̀ктӣв"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "радно стање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "àktīv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "radno stanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "činný rod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "aktívum"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tvorni način"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voz activa"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "aktiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "aktivum"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "tinig-tahasan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "díjsnyj stan",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ді́йсний стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "aktývnyj stan",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "word": "акти́вний стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "aktýv",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "акти́в"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stâd weithredol"
        }
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        "A form in a particular language used to express the active voice."
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    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "bedrywende vorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "aktief"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veprore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣīḡat maʕlūm",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صِيغَة مَعْلُوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mabniyy lilmaʕlūm",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَبْنِيّ لِلْمَعْلُوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nergorcakan seṙ",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "ներգործական սեռ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dzjéjny stan",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дзе́йны стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aktýŭny stan",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "акты́ўны стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tu-gra"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dejátelen zalóg",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дея́телен зало́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aktív",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "акти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aktíven zalóg",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "акти́вен зало́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "主動語態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔdòng yǔtài",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "主动语态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "činný rod"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aktivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "handleform"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "bedrijvende vorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "actief"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "activum"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "aktiva voĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "aktiiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gerðsøgn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "aktiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voix active"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mokmedebiti gvari",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "მოქმედებითი გვარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Aktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Aktivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tatform"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tätigkeitsform"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "energitikí foní",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ενεργητική φωνή"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "enérgeia",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐνέργεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "aktívum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "germynd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faí ghníomhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forma attiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "attivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のうどうたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nōdōtai",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "能動態"
    },
    {
      "alt": "能動態",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "neungdongtae",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "능동태"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "genus āctīvum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "darāmā kārta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aktīvs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veikiamoji rūšis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aktyvas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "aktiv",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "актив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaṟttariprayōgaṁ",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "കർത്തരിപ്രയോഗം"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "siğe-ye ma'lum",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "صیغه معلوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strona czynna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voz ativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diateză activă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dejstvítelʹnyj zalóg",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "действи́тельный зало́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aktívnyj zalóg",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "акти́вный зало́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aktív",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "акти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guth spreigeach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а̀ктӣв"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "радно стање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àktīv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "radno stanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "činný rod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aktívum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvorni način"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voz activa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aktivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "tinig-tahasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "díjsnyj stan",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ді́йсний стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aktývnyj stan",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "word": "акти́вний стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aktýv",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "акти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stâd weithredol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "active voice"
}

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