passive

  1. Adjective.  Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
  2. Adjective.  Taking no action.
  3. Adjective.  (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
  4. Adjective.  (context, psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
  5. Adjective.  (finance) Not participating in management.
  6. Noun.  (uncountable, grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
  7. Noun.  (countable, grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

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