PASSIVE REASON

Meaning of PASSIVE REASON in English

noun

see reason II

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PASSIVE REASON — Aristotelianism. the reasoning faculty existing only within an individual mind, limited in scope and perishing with the body. Cf. active …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REASON — I. reas·on ˈrez ə n noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration of Middle English rasen, from Old English ræsn; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
REASON — — reasoner , n. /ree"zeuhn/ , n. 1. a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: …
Random House Webster's 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
REASON — I. ˈrē-z ə n noun Etymology: Middle English resoun, from Anglo-French raisun, from Latin ration-, ratio reason, computation, from reri …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
REASON — noun ratio; proportion. 2. reason ·vt to support with reasons, as a request. 3. reason ·noun to converse; to compare …
Webster English vocab
PASSIVE — adj inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. 2. passive ·adj not active, but acted …
Webster English vocab
REASON — [rea.son] n [ME resoun, fr. OF raison, fr. L ration-, ratio reason, computation, fr. reri to calculate, think; prob. akin …
Merriam-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): …
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REASON — in philosophy, the faculty or process of drawing logical inferences. The term reason is also used in several other, narrower …
Britannica English vocabulary
PASSIVE — passive BrE AmE ˈpæs ɪv § \ -əv ▷ passive|ly li ▷ passive|ness nəs nɪs ▷ passive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
REASON — / ˈriːzn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] reason (why ... ) | reason (that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's 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
REASON — I. rea ‧ son 1 S1 W1 /ˈriːz ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ reason …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PASSIVE — I. pas ‧ sive 1 AC /ˈpæsɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ passivity ; adverb : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
REASON — n. & v. --n. 1 a motive, cause, or justification (has good reasons for doing this; there is no reason …
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) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
REASON — n. & v. n. 1 a motive, cause, or justification (has good reasons for doing this; there is no reason …
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) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
REASON — n. & v. --n. 1. a motive, cause, or justification (has good reasons for doing this; there is no reason …
Oxford English vocab
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
REASON — ( reasons, reasoning, reasoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The reason …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
REASON — (JUDGMENT) [noun] [U] - the ability of a healthy mind to think and make judgments, esp. based on practical factsWe …
Cambridge English vocab
PASSIVE — (GRAMMAR) [noun] [U] [specialized] - the passive a way of structuring a sentence so that the grammatical subject is the …
Cambridge English vocab
REASON — Synonyms and related words : Vernunft, acceptable, accomplishment, account, admissibility, advise with, aim, air, allegorization, ambition, analyze, answer, antecedent, apologia, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASSIVE — Synonyms and related words : Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
REASON — See ↑ CAUSE 10, ↑ REASON 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be no reason • ↑ be the reason • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
REASON — INDEX: 1. why something happens or why someone does something 2. why something is right or should be done 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
REASON — n. 25B6; noun the main reason for his decision : CAUSE, ground(s), basis, rationale; motive, motivation, purpose, point, aim, intention, …
Concise Oxford 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
REASON — n. 1 justification, argument, case, explanation, rationale, ground(s), pretext, vindication, defence, why (and wherefore), Literary apologia, apology What reason did …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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
REASON — noun 1 BAD : What was the reason for the traffic jam? GOOD : What was the cause of the …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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
REASON — 1. сущ. 1) разум, рассудок, ум, интеллект bereft of reason Syn : mind, brain, intellect, mentality 2) благоразумие, здравомыслие; здравый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. ≈ Его сознание стало почти полностью …
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REASON — reason.ogg 1. ʹri:z(ə)n n _I 1. причина; основание the reason of eclipses - причина затмений what is the reason of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
REASON — 1) довод 2) основание 3) повод 4) причина 5) разум 6) рассудок 7) рассуждать 8) соображение • principle of insufficient reason — принцип недостаточного основания principle of nonsufficient reason — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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
REASON — reason сущ.1) разум, рассудок, ум, интеллект - bereft of reason Syn:mind, brain, intellect, mentality 2) благоразумие, здравомыслие; здравый смысл within …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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
REASON — 1. ʹri:z(ə)n n I 1. причина; основание the reason of eclipses - причина затмений what is the reason of the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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
REASON — 1. сущ. 1) разум, рассудок, ум, интеллект - bereft of reason Syn: mind , brain , intellect , mentality 2) …
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. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
REASON — 1. сущ. 1) разум, рассудок, ум, интеллект - bereft of reason Syn: mind, brain, intellect, mentality 2) благоразумие, здравомыслие; здравый смысл within reason — в пределах …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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
REASON — 1. _n. 1> разум, рассудок; благоразумие; to bring to reason - образумить; to hear/listen to reason - прислушаться к голосу …
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 - 24 редакция
REASON — 1. n. 1. разум, рассудок; благоразумие; to bring to reason - образумить; to hear/listen to reason - прислушаться к голосу …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
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
REASON — 1. _n. 1> разум, рассудок; благоразумие; to bring to reason образумить; to hear (или to listen to) reason прислушаться к …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
REASON — 1. сущ. 1) разум, рассудок, ум, интеллект bereft of reason Syn : mind, brain, intellect, mentality 2) благоразумие, здравомыслие; здравый …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. ≈ Его сознание стало почти полностью …
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