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    PASSIVE VOICE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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 verbplay

    Example:

    'The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive

    Synonyms:

    passive; passive voice

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

    Hypernyms ("passive voice" is a kind of...):

    voice ((linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes)

    Antonym:

    active voice (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb)

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