HyperDic: affected_role

English > 1 sense of the expression *affected role*:
NOUN	communication	affected role, patient role, patient	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

English > *affected role*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	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.
Synonyms	patient role, patient
Broader	semantic role, participant role	(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause