āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
passive
01
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ, āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ
accepting what happens or not opposing what other people do or say
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was passive in the face of criticism, choosing not to respond or defend himself.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āϰāĻā§āώāĻž āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ
(grammar) describing a verb whose subject is affected by the action of the verb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The passive construction ' The cake was baked by Mary' shifts the focus away from who performed the action.
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ 'āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻĄ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ' āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāϏ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03
(of a circuit or device) not generating energy and lacking an internal source of electromotive force
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Passive circuits can not amplify signals.
Passive
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
impassive
passively
passiveness
passive
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