'passive' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'passive' with 5 example sentences.
- passive adjective
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: peacefully resistant in response to injustice
: lacking in energy or will
: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
- passive noun
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: 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
How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
He has a passive character.
Watching TV is a passive activity.
The Mandarin passive is used under the following circumstances.
Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.