0 not acting to influence or change a situation; allowing other people to be in control:
He's very passive in the relationship.
Traditionally in many professions women have been confined to more passive roles.
1 The passive form of a verb is being used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect:
2 the form of a verb used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect:
3 not reacting to what happens, or not acting or taking part:
4 describing a verb or sentence in which the subject is the person or thing to which something stated is done:
5 not acting to influence or change a situation, but allowing others to be in control:
One of the interviewers asked most of the questions, and the other took a more passive role.
Interactive TV technology makes passive viewers into active participants.
'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.
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