anticausative

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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