passive as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
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passive
noun
1 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.
synonym: passive voice.
Dutch: lijdende vorm
Polish: passivum, strona bierna
adjective
1 passive
Lacking in energy or will:
— Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.
synonym: inactive.
Roget 172:
inert,
inactive,
passive;
torpid
etc.
683;
sluggish,
dull,
heavy,
flat,
slack,
tame,
slow,
blunt;
unreactive;
lifeless,
dead,
uninfluential†.
latent,
dormant,
smoldering,
unexerted†.
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Roget 681:
not doing
etc.
v.;
not done
etc.
v.;
undone;
passive;
unoccupied,
unemployed;
out of employ,
out of work;
fallow;
desaeuvre [Fr.].
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Roget 743:
obedient;
complying,
compliant;
loyal,
faithful,
devoted;
at one's call,
at one's command,
at one's orders,
at one's beck and call;
under beck and call,
under control.
restrainable;
resigned,
passive;
submissive
etc.
725;
henpecked;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324.
unresisted†.
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Polish: bierny, pasywny
2 passive
Peacefully resistant in response to injustice:
— Passive resistance.
synonym: peaceful.
Polish: pasywny, bierny
3 passive
Expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb.
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