Definitions for passive
passive
pas·sive
Spelling: [pas-iv]
IPA: /ˈpæs ɪv/
Passive is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 150 anagrams from letters in passive (aeipssv).
Definitions for passive
noun
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the passive voice.
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a passive form or construction.
adjective
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not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
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not participating readily or actively; inactive:
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not involving visible reaction or active participation:
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inert or quiescent.
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influenced, acted upon, or affected by some external force, cause, or agency; being the object of action rather than causing action (opposed to active).
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receiving or characterized by the reception of impressions or influences from external sources.
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produced or caused by an external agency.
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receiving, enduring, or submitting without resistance:
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Grammar.
noting a voice in the inflection of the verb in some languages which is used to indicate that the subject undergoes the action of the verb. Latin portātur, “he, she, or it is carried,” is in the passive voice.
noting or pertaining to a construction similar to this in meaning, as English He is carried (opposed to active).
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Chemistry. inactive, especially under conditions in which chemical activity is to be expected.
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Metallurgy. (of a metal) treated so as to impart impassivity.
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Medicine/Medical. of or relating to certain unhealthy but dormant conditions; inactive, as opposed to active or spontaneous.
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Telecommunications. designed to relay signals without electronic devices:
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(of a solar heating system) accumulating and distributing solar heat without the aid of machinery.
Origin of passive
1350-1400; Middle English Latin passīvus literally, submissive, equivalent to pass(us) (past participle of patī to experience, undergo, submit) + -īvus -ive
Examples for passive
These “smart benches” can do more than simply serve as passive producers of electricity.
It turned Web surfers into passive consumers of published content.
If we want to prevent others from your fate, we need to stop being so passive on these issues.
More and more, Obama seems like a passive observer of events who dismisses criticism as superficial.
We ask for nothing but passive co-operation--that is, a free passage for our troops.
Memory is passive, and consequently memory is a species of passion.
The “passive” comments of Senator Feinstein reflect not just a specific response to ISIS but a larger worldview.
passive, patient, long-suffering she had been the while the mortifications and slights were for herself.
When he was at an end of the reading, he regarded the passive woman at the desk with a new respect.
And there was a passive congeniality between them, besides this active one.