Usually means: Not active, but receiving action.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word passive:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. passive: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. passive, the passive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. passive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. passive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. passive: Vocabulary.com
  6. Passive, passive: Wordnik
  7. passive, the passive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. passive: Wiktionary
  9. passive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. passive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. passive: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. passive: Dictionary.com
  13. passive (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. passive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Passive (song), Passive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Passive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. passive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. passive: Rhymezone
  19. passive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. passive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. passive: Free Dictionary
  22. passive: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. passive: Mnemonic Dictionary

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Passive: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. passive: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. passive: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. passive: Legal dictionary
  8. Passive: Financial dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. passive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  4. passive: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. passive: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Passive: Dan's Poker

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. passive: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Passive: A to Z of Terms related to the Thermal Spray Process and Surface Engineering
  3. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  4. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See passively as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
adjective:  Taking no action.
adjective:  (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
adjective:  (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
adjective:  (finance) Not participating in management.
adjective:  (aviation) Without motive power.
adjective:  (electronics) Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
adjective:  (passive provision) Where allowance is made for a possible future event.
noun:  (grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
noun:  (grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
noun:  (marketing) A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
noun:  (electronics) Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
noun:  A thing whose worth decreases with time.
noun:  (gaming) Short for passive attack. [(cryptography) An attack in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data such as ciphertext.]

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