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Noun passive voice has 1 sense
- passive voice, passive - 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"
--1 is a kind of voice
Antonyms: active voice, active
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