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Noun Concept

Categories: Semantics, Thematic roles, Syntax‐semantics interface, Articles with permanently dead external links, Semantics (linguistics)

affected role patient role patient grammatical patient target

The semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause WordNet 3.0

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The semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In linguistics, a grammatical patient, also called the target or undergoer, is the participant of a situation upon whom an action is carried out or the thematic relation such a participant has with an action. Wikipedia

Grammar: participant of a situation upon whom an action is carried out or the thematic relation such a participant has with an action. Sometimes, "theme" and "patient" are used to mean the same thing Wikidata

The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action. OmegaWiki

One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. Wiktionary

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