active
13
1.0
- adjective
- /ˈæktɪv/
- Specialized
:
voz activa
- In an active voice sentence, the subject performs the action rather than receiving it.
- active voice
- use the active voice
- active verb
I think active and and passive voice doesn't come up in screen writing for me.
- I think active and and passive voice doesn't come up in screen writing for me.
- It's all these active verbs that we always think about when we create an immersive story world.
Examples
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"The poet should take a more active role "in which he envisages life, "not as an influence upon the soul, "but the soul as an influence upon life.
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Are the characters depicted in active rather than passive roles?
Academic text (1999) -
It's a much more active way of viewing film.
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Is she passive or active?
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They're just a talking head and you can actually engage people in more active ways, even in online learning.
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Earlier, the artist seems to have envisioned a more active engagement between the characters.
Academic text (1993) -
Each draft was returned with extensive notations and encouragement to write in the active voice.
Academic text (1995) -
It's all these active verbs that we always think about when we create an immersive story world.
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But they now realized that the web could transform passive consumers of their ideology into active producers of it.
Academic text (2010) -
Intergenerational learning activities, especially with healthy, active older adults, can help dissolve ageist stereotypes.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
13
6.1
A word that shows action or a process, not a state
Relating to actions, especially verbs that show doing
Antonyms
- Specialized
9
5.2
A verb form that shows the subject receives the action instead of doing it
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.0
A part of an enzyme or antibody where molecules attach and reactions start
1
2.9
A person who helps with and joins local community projects like volunteering and neighborhood watch
- Specialized
1
4.9
Energy in an electrical circuit that does useful work, like turning motors or lighting lamps
- Specialized
1
6.1
A way of protecting an area from enemy planes or missiles using weapons and electronic systems to stop them
- Specialized
Childbirth in which the mother moves and changes position to help labor
- Specialized
A computer program that is running and showing on the screen so you can use it
- Specialized
Money or property that can be quickly turned into cash and used in business
- Specialized
Protection your body makes using antibodies after an infection or vaccine
- Specialized
A way some fish find objects by making a weak electric field and sensing changes in the field
- Specialized
A fake treatment that causes side effects like a real drug to keep people in the trial unaware
- Specialized
A screen that uses a small electronic part for each tiny dot to make images sharper and faster
- Specialized
To move a substance across a cell membrane from low to high concentration using energy
- Formal
A way of holding property where the person in charge must manage it and act for the people who benefit
- Specialized
A treatment for HIV that uses several medicines to lower the amount of virus in the body
- Specialized
A chemical in soaps and detergents that helps water mix with oil
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Active comes from the old Latin root act meaning 'to do'. In grammar, an active sentence shows the subject 'doing' the action, which is why we call it the active voice.