Passive Voice

Definition: Passive Voice

Passive Voice

Noun

1. The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive".

Domain	Definitions
Language	The passive or inactive voice occurs in a sentence in which the grammatical subject of the verb is the goal or sufferer of the action expressed by the verb. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Passive Voice

Synonym: passive (n). (additional references)

Antonym: active voice (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Passive Voice

English words defined with "passive voice": passive. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Manual of English Grammar: Verb Tenses: Active and Passive Voice Workbook for Spanish Speakers (reference) Passive Voice (reference) The Finite Passive Voice in Modern Arabic Dialects (reference) The Passive Voice (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression using "passive voice": the passive voice. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "passive voice"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pësore, diatezë pësore. (various references)

Danish		passiv (capital, liabilities, passive, quiescent, reserves and liabilities, stockholders'equity and liabilities). (various references)

Dutch		helpwerkw. voor lĳdende vorm (auxiliary verb for passive voice). (various references)

French		passif (passive), voix passive. (various references)

German		Passiv (capital, liabilities, passive, passively, reserves and liabilities, stockholders'equity and liabilities, the passive voice, unfavorable, unfavourable). (various references)

Greek		παθητική φωνή. (various references)

Hebrew		אפן סביל. (various references)

Hungarian		szenvedõ alak. (various references)

Italian		passivo (capital, debit, debtor side, deficit, idle, liabilities, liabilities side, loss, passive, reserves and liabilities, stockholders'equity and liabilities). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		受身形 , 受身 (passive), 受動態 , 受け身 (passive). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		うけみけい, うけみ (passive), じゅどうたい. (various references)

Pig Latin		assivepay oicevay

Russian		страдательный залог. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		trpno stanje. (various references)

Spanish		pasivo (capital, debit, debtor side, idle, liabilities, liabilities side, passive, reserves and liabilities, stockholders'equity and liabilities). (various references)

Swedish		passiv form. (various references)

Turkish		edilgen çatı (passive). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-o-p-s-s-v-v"
	-4 letters: episcias.
	-5 letters: caseose, civvies, episcia, escapes, evasive, ovisacs, passive, pavises, peavies, poesies, savvies, scapose, spavies, species, vesicae, viscose, vivaces.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 73 73 69 76 65 56 6F 69 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0073 0073 0069 0076 0065 0056 006F 0069 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
passive voice	115
exercise passive voice	8
grammar passive voice	6
construction passive voice	3
example passive voice	2
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Passive Voice

Definition: Passive Voice

Passive Voice

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Passive Voice

Language

Synonym: Passive Voice

Crosswords: Passive Voice

Commercial Usage: Passive Voice

Books

Expression: Passive Voice

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Passive Voice

passive voice

exercise passive voice

grammar passive voice

construction passive voice

example passive voice

Modern Translations: Passive Voice

Albanian

Danish

Dutch

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Pig Latin

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Anagrams: Passive Voice

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Passive Voice

50 61 73 73 69 76 65 56 6F 69 63 65

01010000 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01010110 01101111 01101001 01100011 01100101

&#80 &#97 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#32 &#86 &#111 &#105 &#99 &#101

0050 0061 0073 0073 0069 0076 0065 0056 006F 0069 0063 0065

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