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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)
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| Definition of 'passive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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1. (adjective) passive
accepting whatever happens
passive behavior; a passive child
2. passive
≠ active
a passive sentence
3. (noun) passive
the passive (voice)
≠ active
Change these sentences into the passive.
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| Definition of 'passive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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| Definition of 'passive' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. passive
In surveillance, an adjective applied to actions or equipments which emit no energy capable of being detected.
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Sense: showing no interest, emotion etc, or not resisting an attack etc
The villagers showed passive resistance to the enemy
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 Afrikaans: passief |
 Arabic: غَيْر فَعّال، سَلْبي |
 Bulgarian: безучастен |
 Brazilian: passivo |
 Czech: pasivní |
 German: passiv |
 Danish: passiv |
 Greek: παθητικός, απαθής |
 Spanish: pasivo |
 Estonian: passiivne |
 Farsi: بی تفاوت؛ آرام |
 Finnish: passiivinen |
 French: passif |
 Hebrew: פָּאסִיבִי |
 Hindi: निष्क्रिय |
 Croatian: pasivan, bez otpora |
 Hungarian: passzív |
 Indonesian: pasif |
 Icelandic: aðgerðalaus, óvirkur |
 Italian: passivo |
 Japanese: 消極的な |
 Korean: 수동적인 |
 Lithuanian: pasyvus, abejingas |
 Latvian: pasīvs |
 Malay: pasif |
 Dutch: passief |
 Norwegian: passiv |
 Polish: bierny |
 Persian: بی تفاوت؛ آرام |
 Pashto: زغمونكۍ، ګالونكى، متحمل |
 Portuguese: passivo |
 Romanian: pasiv |
 Russian: пассивный |
 Slovak: pasívny |
 Slovenian: pasiven |
 Serbian: pasivan |
 Swedish: passiv |
 Thai: ซึ่งไม่มีปฏิกิริยา |
 Turkish: pasif, tepki göstermeyen |
 Taiwanese: 消極的 |
 Ukrainian: пасивний, бездіяльний |
 Urdu: انفعالي، خاموشي سے برداشت |
 Vietnamese: thụ động |
 Chinese: 消极的 |
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