| NOUN | relation | passive voice, passive | 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Example | "'The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice" | |
| Synonym | passive | |
| Broader | voice | (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes |
| Opposite | active voice, active | The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb |
| Spanish | pasiva, voz pasiva | |
| Catalan | passiva, veu passiva | |
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