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Passive Voice
see synonyms of passive voiceNoun
1. passive, passive voice
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 Sentences:'The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice''The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.