passive vs supine

passive

noun
  • A form of a verb that is in the passive voice. 

  • The passive voice of verbs. 

  • A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth. 

  • Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain. 

adj
  • Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction. 

  • Taking no action. 

  • Being in the passive voice. 

  • Not participating in management. 

  • Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain. 

  • Where allowance is made for a possible future event. 

  • Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one. 

  • Without motive power. 

supine

noun
  • In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle. 

  • In Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic and Old Norse: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha/hafa/hava to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses. 

  • (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive. 

adj
  • Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping. 

  • Lying on its back. 

  • turned facing toward the body; with the thumb outward or the big toe upward. 

  • Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something. 

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