passive recipient

collocation in English

meaningsofpassiveandrecipient

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passive
adjective
uk
/ˈpæs.ɪv/us
/ˈpæs.ɪv/
languagespecialized
The passive form of a verb is being used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes ...
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recipient
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/us
/rɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/
a person who ...
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(Definition ofpassiveandrecipientfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpassive recipient

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Above all, 'the consumer' is held to mark a shift from 'passiverecipient' to 'active choice maker' in relation to services.
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It means encouraging the thirst for knowledge and understanding, and liberating the natural impulse to be an active and inventive participant rather than apassiverecipientonly.
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The subject is literally "subject to" (in the sense of "passiverecipientof") such forces, is moulded by them and is the contingent historical product of their attrition.
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Here the suggestion is that infringement may be committed by apassiverecipient.
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He or she should be more than just apassiverecipientof treatment.
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The day of thepassiverecipientof care has passed.
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One is not simply apassiverecipientbut is involved and informed and leaves the chiropractor knowing a great deal more about one's body and with suggestions about self-help.
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The group is based on active participation, not on the role of apassiverecipient.
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But the mind is no merepassiverecipientof impressions from without.
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He also emphasizes that the audience is more than apassiverecipient.
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It views the client as an active participant in the healing process, rather than simply apassiverecipientof health care.
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The possessed medium, on the other hand, is thepassiverecipientof a powerful spirit or god.
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For example, with respect to substance use, individuals are not simply passive recipients of permissive or restrictive environments.
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Women are silent in producing this system, passive recipients of the "training" men define and offer.
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The elderly are usually viewed as the grateful and passive recipients of services administered by an enlightened public authority.
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Patients are largely passive recipients in this process and the needs of their carers are rarely considered until the point of discharge.
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A transactional perspective challenges traditional notions of children as passive recipients of experiences and emphasizes the reciprocal influences between children and their environments.
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