Definition of passive

"passive" in the noun sense

1. passive voice, passive

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

"`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"

"`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"

"passive" in the adjective sense

1. passive, inactive

lacking in energy or will

"Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith

2. 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"

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Quotations for passive

Who fights
With passions and overcomes, that man is armed
With the best virtue - passive fortitude. [ Webster ]

Hatred is active, and envy passive, disgust; there is but one step from envy to hate. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

The joys of heaven are not the joys of passive contemplation, of dreamy remembrance, of perfect repose; but they are described thus: They rest not day nor night. His servants serve Him, and see His face. [ Alexander Maclaren ]

The silent power of books is a great power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them which those alone can know who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they may yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations. [ Henry Giles ]

Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties, by patient struggle against adverse circumstance, by the thrifty use of moderate opportunities. The great artists were not rocked and dandled into eminence, but they attained to it by that course of labor and discipline which no man need go to Rome or Paris or London to enter upon. [ Hillard ]

passive in Scrabble®

The word passive is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters passive:

PASSIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PASSIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

passive

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word passive

PASSIVE
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PASSIVE
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PASSIVE
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PASSIVE
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PASSIVE
(64 = 14 + 50)
PASSIVE
(64 = 14 + 50)
PASSIVE
(64 = 14 + 50)
PASSIVE
(64 = 14 + 50)
PASSIVE
(63 = 13 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In passive

PASSIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PASSIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PASSIVE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PASSIVE
(90 = 40 + 50)
PASSIVE
(89 = 39 + 50)
PASSIVE
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passive in Words With Friends™

The word passive is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters passive:

PASSIVE
(113 = 78 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

passive

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word passive

PASSIVE
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PASSIVE
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In passive

PASSIVE
(113 = 78 + 35)
PASSIVE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PASSIVE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PASSIVE
(101 = 66 + 35)
PASSIVE
(91 = 56 + 35)
PASSIVE
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Words within the letters of passive

2 letter words in passive (6 words)

3 letter words in passive (15 words)

5 letter words in passive (8 words)

6 letter words in passive (1 word)

7 letter words in passive (1 word)

passive + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence passive

Words that start with passive (5 words)

Words with passive in them (3 words)

Words that end with passive (2 words)

Word Growth involving passive

Shorter words in passive

as ass pass

pa pass

Longer words containing passive

impassive impassively

impassive impassiveness

passively impassively

passiveness impassiveness

passives

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