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- Dictionarypassive/ˈpasɪv/
adjective
- 1. accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance: "the women were portrayed as passive victims" Similar Opposite
- 2. denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them).
noun
- 1. a passive form of a verb.
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- English (US)
PASSIVE meaning: 1. The passive form of a verb is being used...
- Passively
PASSIVELY definition: 1. in a way that does not act to...
- Passive: Arabic Translation
PASSIVE translate: مَبْني للمَجْهول (نَحو), سَلبي, الفِعل...
- Znaczenie Passive, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
passive definicja: 1. The passive form of a verb is being...
- Passive Offside
passive offside definition: 1. in football, an occasion when...
- Passive: French Translation
PASSIVE translate: passif/-ive, passif/-ive, passif, passif,...
- Passive: Catalan Translation
passive translate: en veu passiva, passiu, la veu passiva....
- Passive: Czech Translation
passive - translate into Czech with the English-Czech...
- English (US)
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