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Noun Concept
Categories: Grammatical construction types, Grammatical voices, Transitivity and valency
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passive voice  passive  False passive  Passive agent  Passive mood
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The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb WordNet 3.0
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The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages. Wikipedia
A grammatical voice common in many languages, see also Pseudopassive Wikipedia Disambiguation
Grammatical voice common in many languages Wikidata
A form of a verb that is in the passive voice. Wiktionary
Form of verb. Wiktionary (translation)
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`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
voice
HAS KIND
English passive voice
impersonal passive voice
CS
Trpný rod v češtině
HAS INSTANCE
DE
Passiv in der polnischen Sprache
ANTONYM
active voice
DERIVATION
passive
OPPOSITE OF
active voice
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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passive voice, passive
Wikipedia
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passive voice
Wikidata
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passive voice
Wiktionary
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passive
Wikipedia Redirections
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False passive, Passive agent, Passive mood, passive sentence, passive sentences, passive verb, Passive Voice, passively voiced, Passivisation, passivization, stative passive, the passive voice

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