Look up passive, passively, or passivity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Passive may refer to: Passive voice, a grammatical voice common in many languages...

A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages. In a clause with passive voice, the grammatical subject...

Passive-aggressive behavior is characterized by a pattern of passive hostility and an avoidance of direct communication. Inaction where some action is...

Passive income is a type of unearned income that is acquired with little to no labor to earn or maintain. It is often combined with another source of...

Passive house (German: Passivhaus) is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, which reduces the building's carbon footprint. Conforming...

Passivation may refer to: Passivation (chemistry) Passivation (spacecraft) Feedback passivation, a concept in nonlinear control This disambiguation page...

In immunology, passive immunity is the transfer of active humoral immunity of ready-made antibodies. Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal...

Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke, called passive smoke, secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by individuals other...

Passive transport is a type of membrane transport that does not require energy to move substances across cell membranes. Instead of using cellular energy...

In English, the passive voice is marked by a subject that is followed by a stative verb complemented by a past participle. For example: The enemy was...