passive implies immobility or lack of normally expected response to an external force or influence and often suggests deliberate submissiveness or self-control.

PASSIVE definition: not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling. See examples of passive used in a sentence.

'Catrin told me' is an active sentence, and 'I was told by Catrin' is passive. In a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb.

Used to describe a form of verb in which the grammatical subject is the object of the action, for example, the sentence “The government took steps.” in the passive would be Steps were …

Oct 31, 2025 · (grammar) Being in the passive voice. (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one. (finance) Not participating in management. …

If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.