submissiveness (C1)
noun
Definition
submissiveness means the state or quality of being submissive. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The article uses submissiveness to mean the state or quality of being submissive.
The teacher asked students to find submissiveness in the reading.
Check the words around submissiveness to choose the right meaning.
How to Use submissiveness
- a/the submissiveness (noun pattern)
- Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a submissiveness."
- submissiveness in context (usage pattern)
- Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked submissiveness in context before translating it."
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