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passive
adjectivegeneral usecommon/pɐˈsivɐ/pa·ssi·va
Definitions
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Not acting or reacting in an active way; accepting or suffering actions without own initiative.
Usage examples
“His passive attitude did not help solve the problem.”
“The passive voice is a grammatical construction.”
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passive attitudepassive voicepassive resistance
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Denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb.
Usage examples
“The sentence is in the passive voice.”
“'The ball was thrown' is a passive construction.”
Antonyms
Common combinations
passive voicepassive constructionpassive form