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Passive

ˈpasɪv

Passive definitions

adjective

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passive

accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance

"the women were portrayed as passive victims"

Synonyms:
submissive acquiescent unresisting yielding unassertive non-resistant compliant complaisant pliant resigned obedient docile tractable malleable pliable meek subdued deferential forbearing long-suffering patient lamblike non-violent supine
denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them)
(of a circuit or device) containing no source of electromotive force

"a passive optical network is to be installed in 2000 homes"
- (of radar or a satellite) receiving or reflecting radiation from a transmitter or target rather than generating its own signal
  
  "passive sensors detect the emissions from enemy radar"
- (of a heating system) making use of incident sunlight as an energy source
  
  "bananas can be grown at the highest altitude using passive solar heating alone"
(of a metal) made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide

noun

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passive passives