passive
11passive — [[t]pæ̱sɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them. His passive attitude made things easier for me... Even passive acceptance of the regime… …
12passive — Income or loss from business activities in which a person does not materially participate, such as a limited partnership. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * passive pas‧sive [ˈpæsɪv] adjective [only before a noun] 1. FINANCE passive investment… …
13passive — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) acted upon by an external agency (2) receptive to outside impressions or influences b. (1) asserting that the grammatical… …
14passive — 01. He had a [passive] expression on his face, but I knew that he was extremely excited. 02. He is a very [passive] worker who doesn t really offer any new ideas. 03. The officer looked on [passively] as the soldiers raped the women of the… …
15passive — passively, adv. /pas iv/, adj. 1. not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling. 2. not participating readily or actively; inactive: a passive member of a committee. 3. not involving… …
16passive — pas|sive1 [ˈpæsıv] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: passivus, from pati; PASSION] 1.) someone who is passive tends to accept things that happen to them or things that people say to them, without taking any action →↑impassive ▪ Kathy seems… …
17passive — ● passif, passive adjectif (bas latin passivus, du latin classique pati, subir) Qui subit les événements sans réagir, qui suit docilement les ordres, ne joue aucun rôle actif : Population passive devant la répression. Chimie Se dit des métaux… …
18passivé — ● passif, passive adjectif (bas latin passivus, du latin classique pati, subir) Qui subit les événements sans réagir, qui suit docilement les ordres, ne joue aucun rôle actif : Population passive devant la répression. Chimie Se dit des métaux… …
19passive — 1 adjective 1 tending to accept situations or things that other people do, without attempting to change or fight against them; submissive: They accepted their defeat with passive resignation. | Kathy seems to take the passive role in the… …
20passive — [ˈpæsɪv] I */*/ adj 1) accepting what happens without trying to change events or react to things a helpless and passive victim[/ex] 2) linguistics in a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing that is affected by the action of the… …
