What does "active voice" mean?

The form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action.

Active voice

Common synonyms include: active, active construction, active form, agent voice, agentive form, agentive voice.

noun

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Noun

1
The form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action. uncountable, usually
""The ball was kicked by Fred." would, in active voice, be "Fred kicked the ball.""
2
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb wordnet
3
A form in a particular language used to express the active voice. countable, usually

""The ball was kicked by Fred." would, in active voice, be "Fred kicked the ball.""