Dictionary Check: passive

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"passive" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points

Words with Friends 14 points

adjective

lacking in energy or will

Example: "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"

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adjective

peacefully resistant in response to injustice

Example: "passive resistance"

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adjective

expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb

Example: "academics seem to favor passive sentences"

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noun

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

Example: "‘The ball was thrown by the boy’ uses the passive voice"

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