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Word: passive (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
  • psychology Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
  • finance Not participating in management.
  • grammar Being in the passive voice.
  • rfv-sense finance Not bearing interest.
  • Taking no action.

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Noun:

  • grammar A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
  • grammar The passive voice of verbs.

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