Meaning of passive in English
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passiveadjective (GRAMMAR)
- ‘Catrin told me’ is an activesentence, and ‘I was told by Catrin’ is passive.
- In a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb.
- ‘Was made’ is a passive form of the verb ‘make’.
- Some verbs do not have a passive form.
- accusative
- active voice
- aorist
- art
- bent
- conditional
- conjugation
- ditransitive
- imperative
- imperfect
- modal
- modality
- non-finite
- non-progressive
- passivization
- passivize
- tense
- unconjugated
- wast
- wilt
passiveadjective (BEHAVIOUR)
- adynamic
- anywhere
- breather
- breathing space
- bum aroundphrasal verb
- dormant
- idle
- laze
- laze around
- leave someone beidiom
- lie aroundphrasal verb
- moribund
- navel
- recharge
- siesta
- sit on somethingphrasal verb
- sit on your arseidiom
- sit on your handsidiom
- sit roundphrasal verb
- slob
passiveadjective (INCOME)
- assessable
- bank
- base pay
- basic
- basic income
- coin
- feather your own nestidiom
- gross
- killing
- laugh
- non-wage
- nonearning
- not get out of bed for somethingidiom
- on commission
- operating
- salaried
- scrape a livingidiom
- starting salary
- stipend
- stoppage
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- accusative
- active voice
- aorist
- art
- bent
- conditional
- conjugation
- ditransitive
- imperative
- imperfect
- modal
- modality
- non-finite
- non-progressive
- passivization
- passivize
- tense
- unconjugated
- wast
- wilt
Grammar
passive | American Dictionary
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passiveadjective (BEHAVIOR)
passiveadjective (GRAMMAR)
Note:
- In English, passive verbs or sentences are formed with a form of the verb “to be” and a past participle.
passively
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passivity
passive | Business English
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