AFFECTED ROLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

Synonyms:

affected role; patient; patient role

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("affected role" is a kind of...):

participant role; semantic role ((linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause)