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passive |
Grep of noun passive passive passive air defense passive immunity passive matrix display passive resistance passive resister passive transport passive trust passive voice passiveness Overview of noun passive The noun passive has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. passive voice, passive -- (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") Overview of adj passive The adj passive has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) passive, inactive -- (lacking in energy or will "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith) 2. (1) passive, peaceful -- (peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance") 3. passive -- ((grammar) passive voice) Antonyms of adj passive 3 senses of passive Sense 1 passive (vs. active), inactive active (vs. passive) => activist, activistic => proactive Sense 2 passive, peaceful INDIRECT (VIA nonviolent) -> violent Sense 3 passive (vs. active) active (vs. passive) Similarity of adj passive 3 senses of passive Sense 1 passive (vs. active), inactive => resistless, supine, unresisting Sense 2 passive, peaceful => nonviolent (vs. violent) Sense 3 passive (vs. active) Attributes of adj passive 1 of 3 senses of passive Sense 1 passive (vs. active), inactive => passivity, passiveness Familiarity of adj passive passive used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj passive impassive passive Overview of noun passive The noun passive has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. passive voice, passive -- (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") Overview of adj passive The adj passive has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) passive, inactive -- (lacking in energy or will "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith) 2. (1) passive, peaceful -- (peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance") 3. passive -- ((grammar) passive voice)
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