passive
pa
ˈpÃĻ
pā
ssive
sÉĒv
siv
/pˈɑːsÉĒv/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "passive"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ­, āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ

accepting what happens or not opposing what other people do or say
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was passive in the face of criticism, choosing not to respond or defend himself.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝ

(grammar) describing a verb whose subject is affected by the action of the verb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The passive construction ' The cake was baked by Mary' shifts the focus away from who performed the action.
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ­ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ 'āϕ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻĄ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ' āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03

(of a circuit or device) not generating energy and lacking an internal source of electromotive force

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Passive circuits can not amplify signals.
01

the grammatical voice in which the subject receives the action rather than performing it

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Students learned how to form the passive in English.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

impassive
passively
passiveness
passive
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