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Passive

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
  2. 2
    Taking no action.

    "He remained passive during the protest."

  3. 3
    Being in the passive voice.
  4. 4
    Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
  5. 5
    Not participating in management.
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  1. 6
    Without motive power.

    "a passive balloon"

  2. 7
    Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
  3. 8
    Where allowance is made for a possible future event.

    "There would be a shuttle service of four trains an hour from Reading, where the rebuilt station also has passive provision for the trains."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking in energy or will wordnet
  2. 2
    expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb wordnet
  3. 3
    peacefully resistant in response to injustice wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The passive voice of verbs.
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
  4. 4
    A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.

    "If you want to improve your organization's NPS, you need to follow up with your detractors, passives, and promoters to understand why they answered your question as they did and what you can do better in the future."

  5. 5
    Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.

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  1. 6
    Ellipsis of passive attack. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  2. 7
    A thing whose worth decreases with time.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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