passive
noun/ˈpæsɪv/
/ˈpæsɪv/
(also passive voice)
[singular] (grammar)- the form of a verb used when the subject is affected by the action of the verb compare activeTopics Languageb1Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2), also in the sense ‘(exposed to) suffering, acted on by an external agency’): from Latin passivus, from pass- ‘suffered’, from the verb pati.
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