Definitions of recipient role
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the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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synonyms:
recipient
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type of:
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participant role, semantic role
(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
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participant role, semantic role
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