active
noun/ˈæktɪv/
/ˈæktɪv/
(also active voice)
[singular]- the form of a verb in which the subject is the person or thing that performs the action
- In ‘She drove the car’, ‘she’ is the subject and the verb ‘drove’ is in the active.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘preferring action to contemplation’): from Latin activus, from act- ‘done’, from the verb agere.
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