passive voice-n
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: passive voice
sense: 13825643-n
part of speech: noun

passive-n
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: passive
sense: 13825643-n
part of speech: noun

13825643-n
type: LexicalConcept
in scheme: en-word.net
definition: 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
example: ‘The ball was thrown by the boy’ uses the passive voice
example: ‘The ball was thrown’ is an abbreviated passive
ili: i109444
lexfile: noun.relation
part of speech: noun
hypernym: 13825132-n