AFFECTED ROLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does affected role mean? • AFFECTED ROLE (noun)
The noun AFFECTED ROLE has 1 sense:
1. the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Familiarity information: AFFECTED ROLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AFFECTED ROLE (noun)
Meaning:
The semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
affected role; patient role; patient
Hypernyms ("affected role" is a kind of...):
participant role; semantic role (an entity realized by a noun or noun phrase in a clause or sentence)
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