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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pas•sive /ˈpæsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - not reacting to something expected to produce signs of feeling:He was passive enough to accept the boss's abuse in front of everyone in the office.
- not acting or participating much;
inactive:a passive member of a committee. - Grammar(opposed to active) of, relating to, or being a voice, verb form, or construction that expresses an action that is done to rather than by the subject:In a passive sentence, the subject undergoes the action of the verb but does not perform it. In the passive sentence The letter was written last week, the subject letter does not perform the action, but receives the action of writing.
n. - Grammar[uncountable] the passive voice.
- Grammar[countable] a passive verb form or construction.
pas•sive•ly, adv.: He stood there passively accepting the abuse from his partner.See -pass-2. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pas•sive (pas′iv),USA pronunciation adj. - not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- not participating readily or actively;
inactive:a passive member of a committee. - not involving visible reaction or active participation:to play a passive role.
- inert or quiescent.
- influenced, acted upon, or affected by some external force, cause, or agency;
being the object of action rather than causing action (opposed to active). - receiving or characterized by the reception of impressions or influences from external sources.
- produced or caused by an external agency.
- receiving, enduring, or submitting without resistance:a passive hypnotic subject.
- Grammar
- noting a voice in the inflection of the verb in some languages which is used to indicate that the subject undergoes the action of the verb. Latin portātur, "he, she, or it is carried,'' is in the passive voice.
- noting or pertaining to a construction similar to this in meaning, as English He is carried (opposed to active).
- Chemistryinactive, esp. under conditions in which chemical activity is to be expected.
- Metallurgy(of a metal) treated so as to impart impassivity.
- Medicineof or pertaining to certain unhealthy but dormant conditions;
inactive, as opposed to active or spontaneous. - Telecommunicationsdesigned to relay signals without electronic devices:a passive communications satellite.
- Energy(of a solar heating system) accumulating and distributing solar heat without the aid of machinery.
n. [Gram.] - Grammarthe passive voice.
- Grammara passive form or construction.
- Latin passīvus literally, submissive, equivalent. to pass(us) (past participle of patī to experience, undergo, submit) + -īvus -ive
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged submissive, unresisting.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –3. active.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged recalcitrant.
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