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Meaning of endopassive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A verb with the form of a passive voice construction, but indicating the state of, or an action toward something other than its subject.

rare

Examples

“Endopassives are: (a) introvert (not extrovert); (b) passive in the sense that the subject of the endopassive word was the object of the simplex [...] (c) unlike exopassives, the hypothetical subject of the simplex is grammatically and semantically not available”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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