passive
adjective/pɐˈsivɐ/medium
pa·ssi·va
Definitions
1Not acting or reacting in an active way; accepting or suffering actions without own initiative.
His passive attitude did not help solve the problem.
The passive voice is a grammatical construction.
Common collocations
passive attitudepassive voicepassive resistance
2Denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb.
The sentence is in the passive voice.
'The ball was thrown' is a passive construction.
ant
Common collocations
passive voicepassive constructionpassive form
Etymology
Do latim 'passivus', de 'pati' (sofrer, ser afectado).