passive voice
- trpný rod, pasivum
BrE
/
ˌpæsɪv'vɔɪs/
AmE
/
ˌpæsɪv'vɔɪs/
noun
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the grammatical structure we use when the logical subject of the sentence is used as the grammatical subject, the structure is BE + past participle (be done, be finished, be stolen etc.)