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- PASSIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
passive implies immobility or lack of normally expected response to an external force or influence and often suggests deliberate submissiveness or self-control
- PASSIVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
PASSIVE definition: not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling See examples of passive used in a sentence
- PASSIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
'Catrin told me' is an active sentence, and 'I was told by Catrin' is passive In a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb
- PASSIVE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them
- passive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(grammar) Being in the passive voice (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one (finance) Not participating in management (aviation) Without motive power
- Passive - definition of passive by The Free Dictionary
Used to describe a form of verb in which the grammatical subject is the object of the action, for example, the sentence “The government took steps ” in the passive would be Steps were taken by the government ”
- passive adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of passive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary accepting what happens or what people do without trying to change anything or oppose them He played a passive role in the relationship She wore a passive expression on her face as if she didn’t care what happened
- passive, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are 26 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word passive, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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