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If you describe someone as p______, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.His passive attitude made things easier for me.Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move....the passivity of the public under the military occupation. adjectiveIf you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.His passive attitude made things easier for me.Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move....the passivity of the public under the military occupation.A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things.They want less passive ways of filling their time....the passive enjoyment one gets from looking at a painting or sculpture.Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not co-operating with them and protesting in non-violent ways.When police arrived, the protesters used passive resistance to continue their protest.nounIn grammar, the passive or the passive voice is formed using 'be' and the past participle of a verb. The subject of a passive clause does not perform the action expressed by the verb but is affected by it. For example, in 'She's been injured ', the verb is in the passive. Compare active . C1

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passive passivelypassivity

query	If you describe someone as p______, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them. His passive attitude made things easier for me. Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration. He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move. ...the passivity of the public under the military occupation.
word	passive
full-definition	adjective If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them. His passive attitude made things easier for me. Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration. He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move. ...the passivity of the public under the military occupation. A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things. They want less passive ways of filling their time. ...the passive enjoyment one gets from looking at a painting or sculpture. Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not co-operating with them and protesting in non-violent ways. When police arrived, the protesters used passive resistance to continue their protest. noun In grammar, the passive or the passive voice is formed using 'be' and the past participle of a verb. The subject of a passive clause does not perform the action expressed by the verb but is affected by it. For example, in 'She's been injured ', the verb is in the passive. Compare active .
inflections	passivelypassivity
cefr-level	C1

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