undergoer
/ˌʌndərˈɡoʊər/
noun
- A person or thing that experiences or is subjected to something, especially something difficult or unpleasant.
- The building was the undergoer of major renovations last year.
- The undergoer of the surgery needed several weeks to recover.
- As the undergoer of the test, she felt nervous but prepared.
- In grammar, the noun phrase that represents the entity that is affected by the action of a verb (the patient or theme).
- The teacher explained that the undergoer often comes after the verb in active sentences.
- In the sentence 'The ball was kicked,' 'the ball' is the undergoer of the action.
- Students learned to identify the undergoer in passive voice sentences.