passive
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
Adjective 3 meanings
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
Taking no action.
“He remained passive during the protest.”
Being in the passive voice.
Noun 4 meanings
The passive voice of verbs.
A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
Etymology
From Middle English passyf, passyve, from Middle French, French passif, from Latin passivus (“serving to express the suffering of an action; in late Latin literally capable of suffering or feeling”), from passus, past participle of pati (“to suffer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”); compare patient.
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PASSIVE at a glance
PASSIVE has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + S 1 + S 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,710 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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