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passive
('p/&/s/I/v
)
adjective (a)
- expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb(adj.all)Example:
Academics seem to favor passive sentences.
source: wordnet30 - Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- 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(noun.linkdef)Example:
`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice.
`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive.
source: wordnet30
adjective satellite (s)
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice(adj.all)Example:
Passive resistance.
source: wordnet30