1. passive

adjective. ['ˈpæsɪv'] lacking in energy or will.

Rhymes with Passive

• massive

Sentences with passive

1. Adjective
Your lab report should be written in the passive voice and might look like this:

Quotes about passive

1. Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine.
- Asghar Farhadi

2. I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.
- Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

3. Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil.
- Daisaku Ikeda

2. passive

adjective. ['ˈpæsɪv'] peacefully resistant in response to injustice.

3. passive

noun. ['ˈpæsɪv'] the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb.