passive
pas‧sive1 AC /ˈpæsɪv/ 
adjective1. 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 to take a very passive role in the relationship.
their passive acceptance of their fate
2. technical a passive verb or sentence has as its subject the person or thing to which an action is done, as in ‘His father was killed in a car accident.’ ⇨ active1(6)
—passively adverb:
He listened passively as his sentence was read out.
—passivity /pæˈsɪvəti, pæˈsɪvɪti/ noun [uncountable]
passive2 AC noun
the passive technical the passive form of a verb, for example ‘was destroyed’ in the sentence ‘The building was destroyed during the war.’
⇨ active2
| I |
adjective1. someone who is passive tends to accept things that happen to them or things that people say to them, without taking any action ⇨ impassive: 2. technical a passive verb or sentence has as its subject the person or thing to which an action is done, as in ‘His father was killed in a car accident.’ ⇨ active1(6)
—passively adverb:
—passivity /pæˈsɪvəti, pæˈsɪvɪti/ noun [uncountable]
| II |
nounthe passive technical the passive form of a verb, for example ‘was destroyed’ in the sentence ‘The building was destroyed during the war.’
⇨ active2