passives

noun

SayPAS-ivz/ˈpæs.ɪvz/

1 meaning of passives

1
noun
Plural of passive. Use this when you mean more than one.
Our teacher asked us to find all the passives in the story.
Good writers often change passives into clear, active sentences.
Note

passives is a form of passive

passive, noun: The way of forming verbs where the subject has the action done to it. Full entry

Forms: passivepassives plural
Spelling: passive → passives: add -s
Sound: The ending sounds like /z/.

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