Meaning

5 senses

  1. The passive voice of verbs.

  2. A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

    Passiv, Passivum, passives Verb

    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

  3. A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.

  4. Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.

  5. A thing whose worth decreases with time.

Examples

92 sentences

  1. Watching TV is a passive activity.

    ruПросмотр телевизора - пассивное занятие. — kotik

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. He is a passive-aggressive teacher.

    Він пасивно-агресивний учитель. — deniko

    OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. He's a passive-aggressive teacher.

    Він пасивно-агресивний учитель. — deniko

    OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. That is not the passive voice.

    mailohilohi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. The passive voice has been used.

    ruБыл использован страдательный залог. — Ooneykcall

    acell · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
form of verb:

Origin

From Middle English passyf, passyve, from Middle French, French passif, from Latin passivu

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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Forms

plural: passives
Singularpassive
Pluralpassives

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:passive voice

Word family

2 related words
Derivedimpersonal passiveshort passive

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
passionB1passionateB2passionatelyB2passivelypassportB1passwordB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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