English words for 'plural of passive'
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noun
prep
- Following a passive verb.
- Following a noun.
- (horse breeding) Designates a horse's sire (“male parent”).
- Invokes an authority in an oath.
- (chiefly Yeshivish) At; with; among.
- Per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- [with the] Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- (not in common modern use) Following an adjective.
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Near or next to.
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- (mathematics) multiplied by or (chiefly South Asia) divided by
- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
- (nautical) in a windward direction, sailing near to the direction from which the wind is blowing
adj
adv
- (uncommon outside the phrase 'put by') Aside, away.
- In the vicinity, near.
- Along a path which runs past someone or something.
- (uncommon except in set phrases) Beyond or past a certain point.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
- so as to pass a given point
- in reserve; not for immediate use
noun
noun
verb
- (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
- To occupy a place.
- (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
- To pass or spend (time).
- (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective or prepositional phrase.
- (rare and regional, chiefly in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was.
- (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
- To remain undisturbed in a certain state or situation.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
- Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
- To take a period of time.
- (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
- (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- Used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent.
- (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
- (now usually literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- Used to link a subject to a measurement.
- To occur, to take place.
- Used with present participles of verbs to form the continuous aspect.
- (colloquial, humorous) To have (a condition, especially a mental or physical disability).
- Used to indicate that a predicate nominal applies to the subject.
- (dynamic / lexical be, especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
- (African-American Vernacular, Caribbean, Ireland, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect.
- (with since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
- spend or use time
- have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- form or compose
- be priced at
- have an existence, be extant
- have life, be alive
- be identical to; be someone or something
- be identical or equivalent to
- represent, as of a character on stage
- to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form
noun
noun
- (grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
- (marketing) A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
- (electronics) Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
- A thing whose worth decreases with time.
- (grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
- (gaming) Ellipsis of passive attack.
- 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
adj
- Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
- (in "passive provision") Where allowance is made for a possible future event.
- Taking no action.
- (electronics) Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
- (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
- (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
- (aviation) Without motive power.
- (finance) Not participating in management.
- lacking in energy or will
- expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice
noun
- (linguistics) Initialism of perfect passive participle.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of personal pension scheme.
- (business, government) Initialism of public-private partnership.
- Initialism of purchasing power parity.
- (medicine, slang) Initialism of piss-poor protoplasm.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of polyparaphenylene.
- (urology) Initialism of pearly penile papules.
- surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
name
noun
adj
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
- (grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
- (marketing) A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
- (electronics) Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
- A thing whose worth decreases with time.
- (grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
- (gaming) Ellipsis of passive attack.
- 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
adj
- Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
- (in "passive provision") Where allowance is made for a possible future event.
- Taking no action.
- (electronics) Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
- (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
- (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
- (aviation) Without motive power.
- (finance) Not participating in management.
- lacking in energy or will
- expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice
noun
- (linguistics) Initialism of perfect passive participle.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of personal pension scheme.
- (business, government) Initialism of public-private partnership.
- Initialism of purchasing power parity.
- (medicine, slang) Initialism of piss-poor protoplasm.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of polyparaphenylene.
- (urology) Initialism of pearly penile papules.
- surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
name
noun
noun
verb
- (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
- To occupy a place.
- (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
- To pass or spend (time).
- (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective or prepositional phrase.
- (rare and regional, chiefly in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was.
- (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
- To remain undisturbed in a certain state or situation.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
- Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
- To take a period of time.
- (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
- (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- Used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent.
- (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
- (now usually literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- Used to link a subject to a measurement.
- To occur, to take place.
- Used with present participles of verbs to form the continuous aspect.
- (colloquial, humorous) To have (a condition, especially a mental or physical disability).
- Used to indicate that a predicate nominal applies to the subject.
- (dynamic / lexical be, especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
- (African-American Vernacular, Caribbean, Ireland, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect.
- (with since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
- spend or use time
- have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- form or compose
- be priced at
- have an existence, be extant
- have life, be alive
- be identical to; be someone or something
- be identical or equivalent to
- represent, as of a character on stage
- to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form