PASSIVE


Meaning of PASSIVE in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , seem

▪ become

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ completely , totally

TV is a completely ~ activity.

▪ merely , purely

It is often assumed that the learner is merely ~.

▪ relatively

▪ essentially

The heroine plays an essentially ~ role in the drama.

Passive is used with these nouns: ↑ acceptance , ↑ construction , ↑ consumer , ↑ euthanasia , ↑ infinitive , ↑ learning , ↑ obedience , ↑ observer , ↑ participant , ↑ recipient , ↑ resistance , ↑ role , ↑ smoker , ↑ smoking , ↑ spectator , ↑ verb , ↑ victim , ↑ vocabulary

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