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"forms": [
{
"form": "passive",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "more passive",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most passive",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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}
],
"hyphenation": "pas‧sive",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Watching TV is a much more passive activity than reading."
},
{
"text": "After his injury, he was forced to play a more passive role on the team."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If someone is passive, they do not normally respond or take action."
],
"id": "simple-passive-en-adj-a2y1kzz2"
},
{
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{
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"name": "Grammar",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "While \"she hit me\" is an active clause, \"I was hit (by her)\" is passive."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A passive clause has the natural object as its subject."
],
"id": "simple-passive-en-adj-6fzH51iP",
"raw_tags": [
"grammar"
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "păsʹ-ĭv",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpæs.ɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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"audio": "en-us-passive.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "passive"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "passive",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "more passive",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most passive",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "adj"
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"hyphenation": "pas‧sive",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Watching TV is a much more passive activity than reading."
},
{
"text": "After his injury, he was forced to play a more passive role on the team."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If someone is passive, they do not normally respond or take action."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Grammar"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "While \"she hit me\" is an active clause, \"I was hit (by her)\" is passive."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A passive clause has the natural object as its subject."
],
"raw_tags": [
"grammar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "păsʹ-ĭv",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpæs.ɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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"audio": "en-us-passive.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
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}
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