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passive

grammatical voice common in many languages
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passive

Summary

passive is a grammeme[1]. passive draws 876 Wikipedia views per month (grammeme category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • passive's instance of is recorded as grammeme[3].
  • passive is a type of voice[4].
  • passive is the opposite of active[5].
  • passive's topic's main category is recorded as Q33031408[6].
  • passive's topic has template is recorded as Template:passive of[7].
  • passive's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5560[8].
  • passive's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PASS'}[9].
  • passive's exact match is recorded as http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/PassiveVoice[10].
  • passive's entry in abbreviations table is recorded as tdew[11].

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Definition and Type

passive's instance of is recorded as grammeme[3]. passive is a type of voice[4]. passive is the opposite of active[5].

Why It Matters

passive draws 876 Wikipedia views per month (grammeme category, ranking #2 of 8).[2] passive has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] passive is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . eva.mpg.de. Retrieved . eva.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). passive. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/passive
MLA “passive.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/passive.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_passive_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{passive}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/passive}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Q33031408
    Subclass of → —
    Opposite of → active
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18258, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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