pseudopassive
/S UW1 D OW1 P AA1 S IH0 V/adjective
- 1
(grammar) Of or related to the pseudopassive.
- 2
Nearly passive; relatively passive.
- 3
Resembling (something) passive.
noun
- 1
(grammar) A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.
- 2
(grammar) A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled").
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