PASSIVE

Meaning of PASSIVE in English

( a. )

Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PASSIVE — I. ˈpasiv, ˈpaas-, ˈpais-, -sēv also -səv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus (past participle of pati …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASSIVE — (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
PASSIVE — ( a. ) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSIVE — — passively , adv. /pas"iv/ , adj. 1. not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSIVE — I. ˈpa-siv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASSIVE — adj inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. 2. passive ·adj not active, but acted …
Webster English vocab
PASSIVE — [pas.sive] adj [ME, fr. L passivus, fr. passus, pp.] (14c) 1 a (1): acted upon by an external agency (2): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PASSIVE — passive BrE AmE ˈpæs ɪv § \ -əv ▷ passive|ly li ▷ passive|ness nəs nɪs ▷ passive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PASSIVE — / ˈpæsɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. accepting what happens or what people do without trying to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASSIVE — I. pas ‧ sive 1 AC /ˈpæsɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ passivity ; adverb : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PASSIVE — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PASSIVE — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PASSIVE — adj.1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) abnormally …
Oxford English vocab
PASSIVE — 1. If you describe someone as passive , you mean that they do not take action but instead let things …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASSIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES passive resistance (= a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PASSIVE — (GRAMMAR) [noun] [U] [specialized] - the passive a way of structuring a sentence so that the grammatical subject is the …
Cambridge English vocab
PASSIVE — Synonyms and related words : Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASSIVE — n. 25B6; adjective a passive role : INACTIVE, non-active, non-participative, uninvolved. passive victims : SUBMISSIVE, acquiescent, unresisting, unassertive, compliant, pliant, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASSIVE — adj. 1 inactive, non-aggressive, inert, motionless, unresponsive, quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, placid, still, idle, unmoving, unmoved, impassive, untouched, cool, indifferent, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PASSIVE — An inactive move or plan that doesn't fight for the initiative. A passive position has no hope of counterplay or …
English Glossary of Chess Terms
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. ≈ Его сознание стало почти полностью …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — passive.ogg 1. ʹpæsıv n (the passive) 1> грам. страдательный залог; пассивная форма 2> редк. покорное существо 2. ʹpæsıv a 1. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PASSIVE — 1) беспроцентный 2) пассивный 3) шумопеленгаторный • - passive car safety - passive cavity - passive circuit - passive constraint - passive extrapolation - passive game - passive network - passive …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PASSIVE — passive прил.1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. Syn:inert, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PASSIVE — 1. ʹpæsıv n (the passive) 1) грам. страдательный залог; пассивная форма 2> редк. покорное существо 2. ʹpæsıv a 1. 1> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. Syn: inert, inactive, lethargic 2) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PASSIVE — 1. _a. 1> пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный 2> покорный 3> _грам. страдательный (о залоге) 4> _фин. беспроцентный; - passive balance - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PASSIVE — 1. a. 1. пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный 2. покорный 3. грам. страдательный (о залоге) 4. фин. беспроцентный; - passive balance - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PASSIVE — прил. пассивный - passive balance - passive bonds - passive investment income - passive investment - past due
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. ≈ Его сознание стало почти полностью …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — adj passive; also: [Gram.]
Interlingua English vocab
PASSIVE — a. passiv; n. passive
English interlingue dictionary
PASSIVE — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. acted upon by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PASSIVE — (a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality …
Английский словарь Webster
PASSIVE — (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
Английский словарь Webster
PASSIVE — (a.) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in …
Английский словарь Webster
PASSIVE — ( a. ) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSIVE — ( a. ) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSIVE — adj. submissive, unresisting, compliant, docile; indifferent, apathetic
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PASSIVE — n. (Grammar) verb form used to show that the subject is being acted upon (rather than performing an action)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PASSIVE — n. passive aggressive passive immunity passive immunization passive matrix passive resistance passive restraint passive smoking passive transfer
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PASSIVE — n. Function: noun Date: 1530 1 : a passive verb form 2 : the passive voice of a language
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PASSIVE — n. Pronunciation: ' pa-siv Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle Date: 14th century 1 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PASSIVE — ■ adjective 1》 accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance. 2》 Grammar denoting …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PASSIVE — 1. If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PASSIVE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: INACTIVE , asleep, idle, inert, quiet, sleepy Related Words: apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid Antonyms: active …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PASSIVE — a. 1. Quiet, quiescent, inert, inactive, receptive. 2. Unresisting, submissive, patient, long-suffering, enduring, suffering.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PASSIVE — adjective 1. Synonyms: inactive , asleep, idle, inert, quiet, sleepy Related Word: apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid Antonyms: active 2. receiving …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASSIVE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PASSIVE — adj. VERBS ▪ be , seem ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PASSIVE — See ↑ DO/NOT DO 17
Longman Activator English vocab
PASSIVE — (*) In surveillance, an adjective applied to actions or equipments which emit no energy capable of being detected.
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
PASSIVE — Income or loss from business activities in which a person does not materially participate, such as a limited partnership .
Hypertextual Finance English Glossary
PASSIVE — A style of play characterized by checking and calling. Compare to " aggressive ", " loose ", " tight ".
Poker English Dictionary
PASSIVE — Пассивный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — пассивный элемент || пассивный
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PASSIVE — пассивный элемент || пассивный
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PASSIVE — (a) бездеятельный; пассивный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PASSIVE — 1. [ʹpæsıv] n (the ~) 1) грам. страдательный залог; пассивная форма 2) редк. покорное существо 2. [ʹpæsıv] a 1. 1) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PASSIVE — adj. пассивный, инертный, бездеятельный, покорный, страдательный, беспроцентный, безынициативный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PASSIVE — n. пассивная форма, страдательный залог
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PASSIVE — adj. пассивный, инертный, бездеятельный, покорный, страдательный, беспроцентный, безынициативный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PASSIVE — n. пассивная форма, страдательный залог
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