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Noun Concept
Categories: Transitivity and valency, Grammatical construction types, Grammatical voices
EN
passive voice  passive
EN
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)
EN
`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
EN
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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