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Synonyms for passive voice
pas·sive voice
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passive voicenoun
Antonyms:
active voicepassive voicenoun
Antonyms:
active voicepassive voicenoun
Antonyms:
active voice
Princeton's WordNet
passive voice, passivenoun
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
"`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
Synonyms:
passiveAntonyms:
active voice, active
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How to use passive voice in a sentence?
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice—that is, until we have stopped saying, It got lost, and say, I lost it.
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice-that is, until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'
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- صيغة مجهول, مبني مجهولArabic
- trpný rod, pasivumCzech
- PassivGerman
- pasiva voĉoEsperanto
- voz pasivaSpanish
- passiiviFinnish
- mode passif, voix passiveFrench
- guth fulangachScottish Gaelic
- կրավորական սեռArmenian
- suara pasifIndonesian
- þolmyndIcelandic
- forma passiva, passivoItalian
- 受身, 受動態Japanese
- 수동태, 受動態Korean
- ciešamā kārtaLatvian
- lijdende vormDutch
- passivNorwegian
- strona biernaPolish
- voz passivaPortuguese
- diateză pasivăRomanian
- страдательный залог, пассив, пассивный залогRussian
- pasivSerbo-Croatian
- pësoreAlbanian
- passiv form, passivumSwedish
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