Passive construction
Synonyms for "passive construction" (18 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(3 words)
academic language formalternative passiveimpersonal style
Adjective(1 words)
dutch passief
Strong matches (5)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (9)
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(2 words)
present passiveromanian pasivitate
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More general
9 entriesgrammatical constructiongrammatical featuregrammatical formgrammatical variationlanguage structuresentence typesentence variationsyntactic formsyntactic structure
More specific
11 entriesagentless passivelong passive constructionpassive clausepassive infinitivepassive sentencepassive with getpast passivepast passive formpresent passivepresent passive formpresent progressive passive
Collocations
11 entriesactive construction contrastavoid passive constructionpassive clausepassive construction examplepassive construction sentencespassive sentencepassive voicepassive voice usagepast passivepresent passiveuse passive construction
Inflections
3 entriesmore passivemost passivepassive constructions