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- (grammar) A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (grammar) A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.
- (grammar) A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled").
- [Adjective]
- (grammar) Of or related to the pseudopassive.
- Nearly passive; relatively passive.
- Resembling (something) passive.
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