Both Uses
passive
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Killing Kennedy
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- And Kennedy now understands he can no longer be a passive observer of the civil rights movement.†
p. 167.8 *
- And the local citizens are not passive in their disdain.†
p. 228.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(passive as in: she remained passive) accepting what happens without trying to take control or reacting strongly
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(2)
(passive as in: written using the passive voice) grammar: where the subject receives the action rather than doing it"The dog chased the cat." is written in the active voice where the dog is doing the action. "The cat was chased by the dog" is written in the passive voice where the cat is receiving the action.
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More specialized senses of the word are found in chemistry, physics, electronics, and communications. All senses have to do with inactivity.