HyperDic: recipient_role

English > 1 sense of the expression *recipient role*:
NOUN	communication	recipient role, recipient	the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

English > *recipient role*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.
Synonym	recipient
Broader	semantic role, participant role	(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause