passive voice, n.
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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passive passive voice
sample sentences
"`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice""`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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