anticausative

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English[edit]

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Anticausative verb

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ causative

Adjective[edit]

anticausative (not comparable)

(grammar, of an intransitive verb) Which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause.

Translations[edit]

which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause

Portuguese: anticausativo

Noun[edit]

anticausative (plural anticausatives)

(grammar) A verb or construction of this kind.

See also[edit]

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