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Meaning of passive


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  passive
      adj 1: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the
             passive order may be traced to a disinclination to
             inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith [syn:
             {passive}, {inactive}] [ant: {active}]
      2: peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive
         resistance" [syn: {passive}, {peaceful}]
      3: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of
         the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor
         passive sentences" [ant: {active}]
      n 1: 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" [syn: {passive voice}, {passive}]
           [ant: {active}, {active voice}]


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