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Meaning of exopassive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Being or relating to the passive voice of certain verbs.
    not-comparable, rare
  2. Affecting the subject of the passive voice construction.
    not-comparable, rare
  3. Derived from a transitive verb, indicating the object affected.
    not-comparable, rare
  4. Allowing exoelectron emission.
    not-comparable, rare

Examples

“Exopassive verbs are viewed as directed towards the passive subject: 'to be beaten' naitake, 'to be fed' naimusa, 'to be given something' naitula.”
“An ‘exopassive’ of a transitive verb, according to Schuessler, may be a noun meaning "the thing that has been verb-ed", so that since *suk means ‘to lodge’, *sukh means ‘what is lodged in’—or, we may say, ‘a lodge’ (Schuessler 2007: 45).”
“When powder materials with conductive exopassive admixtures (graphite) are used the double peak around 250°C may be convenient for the main dose read out and the double peak around 450°C for dose information storage only.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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