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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] passivus, from passus

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] passivus, from passus

*Date: [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/14th_Centur 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/14th_Centur 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a (1) : [[acted]] upon by an external [[agency]] (2) : [[receptive]] to outside impressions or [[influences]]  

*1 a (1) : [[acted]] upon by an external [[agency]] (2) : [[receptive]] to outside impressions or [[influences]]  

:b : existing or occurring without being [[active]], open, or direct <passive [[support]]>

:b : existing or occurring without being [[active]], open, or direct <passive [[support]]>

*4 : of, relating to, or being [[business]] activity in which the investor does not actively [[participate]] in the generation of income

*4 : of, relating to, or being [[business]] activity in which the investor does not actively [[participate]] in the generation of income

==Description==

==Description==

'''Passive''' [[voice]] is a [[grammatical]] voice common in many of the world's [[languages]]. Passive is used in a clause whose subject [[expresses]] the theme  or patient of the main verb. That is, the subject undergoes an [[action]] or has its state changed.  A sentence whose theme is marked as grammatical subject is called a passive sentence. In [[contrast]], a sentence in which the subject has the [[agent]] role is called an [[active]] sentence, and its verb is [[expressed]] in active voice. Many languages have both an active and a passive voice; this allows for greater [[flexibility]] in sentence construction, as either the [[semantic]] agent or patient may take the syntactic role of subject.

'''Passive''' [[voice]] is a [[grammatical]] voice common in many of the world's [[languages]]. Passive is used in a clause whose subject [[expresses]] the theme  or patient of the main verb. That is, the subject undergoes an [[action]] or has its state changed.  A sentence whose theme is marked as grammatical subject is called a passive sentence. In [[contrast]], a sentence in which the subject has the [[agent]] role is called an [[active]] sentence, and its verb is [[expressed]] in active voice. Many languages have both an active and a passive voice; this allows for greater [[flexibility]] in sentence construction, as either the [[semantic]] agent or patient may take the syntactic role of subject.