passive, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English
There are 26 meanings listed in OED''s entry for the word passive, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ''Meaning & use'' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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passive adjective
Definition of passive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner''s Dictionary. accepting what happens or what people do without trying to change anything or oppose them. He played a passive role in the
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THE PASSIVE VOICE
We make the passive by putting the verb ''to be'' into whatever tense we need and then adding the past participle. For regular verbs, we make the past participle by adding ''ed'' to the infinitive.
PASSIVE Definition & Meaning
passive implies immobility or lack of normally expected response to an external force or influence and often suggests deliberate submissiveness or self-control.
PASSIVE | English meaning
''Catrin told me'' is an active sentence, and ''I was told by Catrin'' is passive. In a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb.