passive

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈpæs.ɪv//

Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.

adjective

1
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
2
Taking no action.
He remained passive during the protest.
3
Being in the passive voice.
4
Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
5
Not participating in management.
6
Without motive power.
a passive balloon
a passive aeroplane
passive flight, such as gliding and soaring
7
Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
8
Where allowance is made for a possible future event.
There would be a shuttle service of four trains an hour from Reading, where the rebuilt station also has passive provision for the trains.

Etymology

From Middle English passyf, passyve, from Middle French, French passif, from Latin passivus (“serving to express the suffering of an action; in late Latin literally capable of suffering or feeling”), from passus, past participle of pati (“to suffer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”); compare patient.

noun

1
The passive voice of verbs.
2
A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
3
A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
If you want to improve your organization's NPS, you need to follow up with your detractors, passives, and promoters to understand why they answered your question as they did and what you can do better in the future.
4
Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
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The components include active devices such as logic, memory, processors, etc.; passives such as capacitors, resistors, crystal oscillators, inductances, etc.; […]
5
A thing whose worth decreases with time.
6
Variant of passive attackEllipsis of passive attack.

Forms

plural: passives
comparative: more passive
superlative: most passive

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