View results from:
Wordnet |
Webster |
Wiktionary |
Easton
passive in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- lacking in energy or will
"Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
passive inactive
- expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
"academics seem to favor passive sentences"
passive
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice
"passive resistance"
passive peaceful
noun- 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"
passive voice passive
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University