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Passive Voice

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
passive
plural
Passive Voices
possessive
Passive Voice's
pluralpossessive
Passive Voices'