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   passive

   /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 submissiveacquiescentunresistingyieldingunassertivenon-resistantcompliantcomplaisantpliantresignedobedientdociletractablemalleablepliablemeeksubdueddeferentialforbearinglong-sufferingpatientlamblikenon-violentsupinenon-aggressivearchaic:resistlessOpposite activeassertive
   • 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).
   • 3. (of a circuit or device) containing no source of electromotive force: "a passive optical network is to be installed in 2000 homes"
   • ▪ (of radar or a satellite) receiving or reflecting radiation from a transmitter or target rather than generating its own signal: "passive sensors detect the emissions from enemy radar"
   • ▪ (of a heating system) making use of incident sunlight as an energy source: "bananas can be grown at the highest altitude using passive solar heating alone"
   • 4. (of a metal) made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide.

   noun

   • 1. a passive form of a verb.
   • ▪ the passive voice.

   Word Origin late Middle English(in passive (sense 2 of the adjective), also in the sense ‘(exposed to) suffering, acted on by an external agency’): from Latin passivus, from pass- ‘suffered’, from the verb pati.

   Derivatives

   • 1. passiveness noun

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     PASSIVE meaning: 1. The passive form of a verb is being used...

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     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...

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     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...

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   Passive is the opposite of active. In English class, you might be advised to avoid the passive voice. In chemistry, a passive substance doesn't react. Passive resistance is a way to protest peacefully. When you're passive, you don't participate much and you're not very emotional.

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