Talk:passive

RFV discussion
Rfv-sense: Not bearing interest. Possibly a dated sense. DCDuring TALK 00:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * RFV failed, sense removed. —Ruakh TALK 23:06, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Passive Transport
A process of diffusion that does not require ATP(i.e. energy) for dissolved materials to move into the cell. Napari123 (talk) 21:48, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

2. Taking no action.
Is ''2. Taking no action a synonym of impassive (2. motionless)''? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:25, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

indirect passive
Fowler reads Disputed uses. In the 19c., when the adjective available acquired the meaning ‘that may be availed of’, the verb came to be used as an indirect passive: Power… must be availed of, and not by any means let off and wasted —Emerson, 1861 --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:51, 15 August 2021 (UTC)