AGENTIVE ROLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

Synonyms:

agent; agentive role

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("agentive role" is a kind of...):

participant role; semantic role ((linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause)

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