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Noun: middle voice
  1. (grammar) The form in which the subject of a verb performs some action upon itself.
    "The middle voice is said to be in the middle between the active and the passive voices because the subject often cannot be categorized as either agent or patient but may have elements of both."

Type of: voice

Encyclopedia: Middle voice

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