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Adjective
not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
influenced, acted upon, or affected by some external force, cause, or agency; being the object of action rather than causing action ( opposed to active ).
Grammar .
- noting a voice in the inflection of the verb in some languages which is used to indicate that the subject undergoes the action of the verb. Latin port?tur, he, she, or it is carried, is in the passive voice.
- noting or pertaining to a construction similar to this in meaning, as English He is carried ( opposed to active ).
Medicine/Medical . of or pertaining to certain unhealthy but dormant conditions; inactive, as opposed to active or spontaneous.
Telecommunications . designed to relay signals without electronic devices
- a passive communications satellite.
Synonyms
adjective
- acquiescent , apathetic , asleep , bearing , compliant , cool , docile , enduring , flat , forbearing , going through motions , hands off , idle , indifferent , inert , laid-back * , latent , long-suffering , moony , motionless , nonresistant , nonviolent , patient , phlegmatic , poker-faced * , quiescent , quiet , receptive , resigned , sleepy , static , stolid , submissive , tractable , unassertive , unflappable , uninvolved , unresisting , walking through it , yieldingnotes:active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing , as opposed to passive knowledge , which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads , dormant , inactive , inexcitable , invertebrate , lethargic , lifeless , negative , obedient , stoic , stoical , supine , unresponsive , yielding
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