passive
21passive — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …
22passive — pas|sive [ pæsıv ] adjective ** 1. ) accepting what happens without trying to control or change events or to react to things: a helpless and passive victim Watching television is a relatively passive activity. 2. ) LINGUISTICS in a passive… …
23passive */*/ — UK [ˈpæsɪv] / US adjective 1) accepting what happens without trying to control or change events or to react to things a helpless and passive victim Watching television is a relatively passive activity. 2) linguistics a passive verb or sentence… …
24passive — /ˈpæsɪv / (say pasiv), / səv/ (say suhv) adjective 1. not acting, or not attended with or manifested in open or positive action: passive resistance. 2. inactive, quiescent, or inert. 3. suffering action, acted upon, or being the object of action …
25passive — 1. adjective /ˈpæs.ɪv/ a) Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction. He remained passive during the protest. b) Taking no action. Syn: inactive, idle …
26passive — Not active; submissive. [L. passivus, fr. patior, to endure] * * * pas·sive pas iv adj 1 a ) (1) lethargic or lacking in energy or will (2) tending not to take an active or dominant part <a passive spouse> b) induced by an outside agency… …
27passive — adjective 1) a passive role Syn: inactive, nonactive, nonparticipative, uninvolved 2) passive victims Syn: submissive, acquiescent, unresisting, unassertive, compliant, pliant, obedient …
28passive — pas•sive [[t]ˈpæs ɪv[/t]] 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[/ex] 3) inert or… …
29passive — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) abnormally unreactive. 4 Gram. designating the voice in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. in they were killed) …
30passive — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, amenable, apathetic, asleep, assenting, bearing, benumbed, blah, blank …
