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 Definitions of passive  [ˈpæs ɪv]  

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Definition of 'passive' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) passive
not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.

2.  passive
not participating readily or actively; inactive:
a passive member of a committee.

3.  passive
inert or quiescent.

4.  passive
influenced, acted upon, or affected by some external force, cause, or agency (

5.  passive
receiving or characterized by the reception of impressions or influences from external sources.

6.  passive
produced or caused by an external agency.

7.  passive
receiving, enduring, or submitting without resistance; submissive.

8.  passive
of, pertaining to, or being a voice, verb form, or construction having a subject represented as undergoing the action expressed by the verb, as the sentence The letter was written last week (

9.  passive
chemically inactive, esp. under conditions in which chemical activity is to be expected.

10.  passive
(of a metal) treated so as to render corrosion-resistant.

11.  passive
(of a solar heating system) functioning without the aid of machinery, as pumps.

12. (n.) passive
the passive voice.

13.  passive
a passive verb form or construction.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L passīvus lit., submissive =pass(us) (ptp. of patī to experience, undergo) +-īvus -ive)

Definition of 'passive' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) passive voice, passive
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
"`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"

2. (adj) passive, inactive
lacking in energy or will
"Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith

3. (adj) passive, peaceful
peacefully resistant in response to injustice
"passive resistance"

4. (adj) passive
expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
"academics seem to favor passive sentences"


Definition of 'passive' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) passive
accepting whatever happens
passive behavior; a passive child

2.  passive
≠ active
a passive sentence

3. (noun) passive
the passive (voice)
≠ active
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Definition of 'passive' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) passive
not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene

2. (adj) passive
receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission

3. (adj) passive
inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive

4. (adj) passive
designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues


Definition of 'passive' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  passive
In surveillance, an adjective applied to actions or equipments which emit no energy capable of being detected.


Translation of 'passive' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: showing no interest, emotion etc, or not resisting an attack etc
The villagers showed passive resistance to the enemy

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: passief Arabic flag Arabic: غَيْر فَعّال، سَلْبي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: безучастен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: passivo Czech flag Czech: pasivní German flag German: passiv
Danish flag Danish: passiv Greek flag Greek: παθητικός, απαθής Spanish flag Spanish: pasivo
Estonian flag Estonian: passiivne Farsi flag Farsi: بی تفاوت؛ آرام Finnish flag Finnish: passiivinen
French flag French: passif Hebrew flag Hebrew: פָּאסִיבִי Hindi flag Hindi: निष्क्रिय
Croatian flag Croatian: pasivan, bez otpora Hungarian flag Hungarian: passzív Indonesian flag Indonesian: pasif
Icelandic flag Icelandic: aðgerðalaus, óvirkur Italian flag Italian: passivo Japanese flag Japanese: 消極的な
Korean flag Korean: 수동적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pasyvus, abejingas Latvian flag Latvian: pasīvs
Malay flag Malay: pasif Dutch flag Dutch: passief Norwegian flag Norwegian: passiv
Polish flag Polish: bierny Persian flag Persian: بی تفاوت؛ آرام Pashto flag Pashto: زغمونكۍ، ګالونكى، متحمل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: passivo Romanian flag Romanian: pasiv Russian flag Russian: пассивный
Slovak flag Slovak: pasívny Slovenian flag Slovenian: pasiven Serbian flag Serbian: pasivan
Swedish flag Swedish: passiv Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งไม่มีปฏิกิริยา Turkish flag Turkish: pasif, tepki göstermeyen
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 消極的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пасивний, бездіяльний Urdu flag Urdu: انفعالي، خاموشي سے برداشت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thụ động Chinese flag Chinese: 消极的

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