passive
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pas·sive
/ ˈpasiv/
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adj.
1.
accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance:
the women were portrayed as passive victims.
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Chem.
(of a metal) made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide.
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(of a circuit or device) containing no source of electromotive force.
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(of radar or a satellite) receiving or reflecting radiation from a transmitter or target rather than generating its own signal.
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relating to or denoting heating systems that make use of incident sunlight as an energy source.
2.
Gram.
denoting or relating to a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g., they were killed as opposed to he killed them). The opposite of active.
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n. Gram.
a passive form of a verb.
∎ (the passive)
the passive voice.
DERIVATIVES:
pas·sive·ly
adv.
pas·sive·ness
n.
pas·siv·i·ty
/ paˈsivitē/ n.
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