HyperDic: patient_role

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