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pasive

1. Adjective (popular):

- Description: Referring to someone who tends to avoid taking action or asserting themselves; lacking energy or initiative.

- Example sentence: She has always been a passive observer, never getting involved in any debates or protests.

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2. Adjective (local):

- Description: Pertaining to a verb voice that indicates that the subject is the recipient of the action rather than the doer.

- Example sentence: In the sentence "The ball was thrown by Tom," the verb "thrown" is in the passive voice.

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3. Noun (local):

- Description: The passive voice in grammar which emphasizes the action done to the subject rather than the subject performing the action.

- Example sentence: The teacher explained the concept of passive to the students during the grammar lesson.

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