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passive — [ˈpæsɪv] I */*/ adj 1) accepting what happens without trying to change events or react to things a helpless and passive victim[/ex] 2) linguistics in a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing that is affected by the action of the… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
passive — pas|sive [ pæsıv ] adjective ** 1. ) accepting what happens without trying to control or change events or to react to things: a helpless and passive victim Watching television is a relatively passive activity. 2. ) LINGUISTICS in a passive… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
passive */*/ — UK [ˈpæsɪv] / US adjective 1) accepting what happens without trying to control or change events or to react to things a helpless and passive victim Watching television is a relatively passive activity. 2) linguistics a passive verb or sentence… … English dictionary
passive — 1. The passive voice is illustrated by the sentence Brazil were beaten by France in the final, in which the object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb and the subject is expressed as an agent introduced by the preposition… … Modern English usage
sentence adverb — 1. Certain adverbs, such as actually, basically, clearly, frankly, interestingly, normally, regrettably, strictly, and usually, have the special role of qualifying entire statements rather than individual words. Some of these are adverbs of time… … Modern English usage
passive — pas|sive1 [ˈpæsıv] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: passivus, from pati; PASSION] 1.) someone who is passive tends to accept things that happen to them or things that people say to them, without taking any action →↑impassive ▪ Kathy seems… … Dictionary of contemporary English
passive — 1 adjective 1 tending to accept situations or things that other people do, without attempting to change or fight against them; submissive: They accepted their defeat with passive resignation. | Kathy seems to take the passive role in the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Sentence Comprehension — Human language comprehension takes place whenever a reader or listener processes a language utterance, either in isolation or in the context of a conversation or a text. Many studies of the human language comprehension process have focused on… … Wikipedia
sentence — I UK [ˈsentəns] / US [ˈsent(ə)ns] noun [countable] Word forms sentence : singular sentence plural sentences *** 1) a group of words, usually including a subject and a verb, that express a statement, question, or instruction. A written sentence… … English dictionary
sentence — sen|tence1 [ sent(ə)ns ] noun count *** 1. ) a group of words, usually including a subject and a verb, that express a statement, question, or instruction. A written sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a PERIOD, QUESTION MARK, or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sentence — 1 / sentFns/ noun (C) 1 a group of words that usually contains a subject and a verb, expresses a complete idea or asks a question, and that, when written in English, begins with a capital letter and ends with a fullstop1 (1) 2 a punishment that… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
