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Overview of noun passive

The noun passive has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. passive voice, passive


Overview of adj passive

The adj passive has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) passive, inactive


2. (1) passive, peaceful

(peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance")

3. passive

(expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences") © 2001-2013, Demand Media, all rights reserved. The database is based on Word Net a lexical database for the English language. see disclaimer
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