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Meaning of "passive smoker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PASSIVE SMOKER

passive smoker  [ˈpæsɪv ˈsməʊkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSIVE SMOKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Passive smoker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PASSIVE SMOKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of passive smoker in the English dictionary

The definition of passive smoker in the dictionary is a non-smoker who is forced to inhale smoke because other people are smoking.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PASSIVE SMOKER


antismoker
ˌæntɪˈsməʊkə
broker
ˈbrəʊkə
carioca
ˌkærɪˈəʊkə
choker
ˈtʃəʊkə
coca
ˈkəʊkə
Fukuoka
ˌfuːkuːˈəʊkə
joker
ˈdʒəʊkə
mediocre
ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə
Mokha
ˈməʊkə
nonsmoker
nɒnˈsməʊkə
oca
ˈəʊkə
oka
ˈəʊkə
poker
ˈpəʊkə
Roca
ˈrəʊkə
Shizuoka
ˌʃiːzuːˈəʊkə
smoker
ˈsməʊkə
soca
ˈsəʊkə
stoker
ˈstəʊkə
stroker
ˈstrəʊkə
tapioca
ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSIVE SMOKER

passions
Passiontide
passivate
passivation
passive
passive balance of trade
passive disobedience
passive euthanasia
passive obedience
passive resistance
passive restraint
passive safety
passive smoking
passive vocabulary
passive-aggressive
passively
passiveness
passivism
passivist
passivity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSIVE SMOKER

booker
chain smoker
cooker
electric cooker
gas cooker
hooker
insurance broker
invoker
koker
looker
mortgage broker
pipe smoker
power broker
pressure cooker
slow cooker
snooker
stockbroker
strip poker
stud poker
toker

Synonyms and antonyms of passive smoker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «passive smoker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSIVE SMOKER

Find out the translation of passive smoker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of passive smoker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «passive smoker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被动吸烟者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fumador pasivo
570 millions of speakers

English

passive smoker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्क्रिय धूम्रपान न करने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المدخن السلبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пассивным курильщиком
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fumante passivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাসিভ ধূমপায়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fumeur passif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perokok pasif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Passivraucher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

間接喫煙者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수동적 흡연자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perokok pasif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Thuốc thụ động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செயலற்ற புகைபிடிப்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्क्रिय शोषक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pasif sigara içen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fumatore passivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biernym palaczem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пасивним курцем
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fumător pasiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παθητικός καπνιστής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

passiewe roker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passiv rökare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passiv røyker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passive smoker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVE SMOKER»

The term «passive smoker» is used very little and occupies the 178.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVE SMOKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «passive smoker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «passive smoker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about passive smoker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSIVE SMOKER»

Discover the use of passive smoker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passive smoker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
TIPS FOR SELECTING YOUR IDEAL SPOUSE
Nevertheless the active smoker has been argued to be relatively safer than the passive smoker if both of them are exposed for the same duration of time. This argument is based on the fact that the active smoker consciously inhales and ...
EVARAH ABDULKADIR, 2012
2
Learning to Smoke: Tobacco Use in the West
His argument is that a necessary precondition for this act of creation of the passive smoker was a discursive dissection of tobacco smoke into its component chemical constituents. Jackson proposes that this process of stylistic reduction is  ...
Jason Hughes, 2003
3
Nutrition Research at the Leading Edge
Plasma concentrations of antioxidant vitamins are significantly lower in passive smoker infants and their mothers than in non-passive smoker infants and their mothers. Jn addition, lipid peroxidation and the oxidative stress index is remarkably ...
Russell E. Cassady, Erma I. Tidswell, 2008
4
The Evolution of the Use of Mathematics in Cancer Research
On the contrary, if passive smoking alters the probability of having breast cancer, the explanation provided by all the other risk factors for the passive smoker group will differ from that provided for the no passive or active exposure. With the ...
Pedro Jose Gutierrez Diez, Irma H. Russo, Jose Russo, 2012
5
Helping the Hard-core Smoker: A Clinician's Guide
During training, we discuss the importance of asking about whether a client is a passive smoker— because nearly all facilities do not ask this at intake. We also give them forms that ask clients about passive smoking exposure, to increase the  ...
Daniel F. Seidman, Lirio S. Covey, 1999
6
Living on Purpose
A passive smoker is one who involuntarily inhales secondhand smoke from a nearby active smoker. Active smokers know the consequences of smoking to their health and life, yet they choose to smoke. All a passive smoker has to do is ...
James N. Asante, 2010
7
Urban Health in the Third World
7 2 3 Pneumonia 0.78 Smoking Pneumonia 2.06* Passive Smoker Pneumonia 0.57 Occupational Bronchial ... 0.80 Passive smoker Bronchial Obstruction 0.75 Occupational Acute Bronchitis 0.82 Charcoal-wood Acute Bronchitis 0.92 ...
Rais Akhtar, 2002
8
The New Wellness Encyclopedia
And although the smoke is more diluted, these compounds occur in smaller particles and, though the passive smoker breathes less smoke, the small particles tend to settle deep in the lungs, where it takes longer for them to clear.
University of California, Berkeley, 1995
9
Indoor Pollutants
... mean diameter less than 0.2 jm, they grow by agglomeration and water absorption to a mass mean diameter approaching 1 im within minutes. The passive smoker by no means receives a lung dose of smoke equivalent to that of the smoker.
‎1981
10
Radiology of the Chest and Related Conditions
He concluded "If the allegations are upheld, the passive smoker is likely to become a militant non-smoker, prepared to take much stronger action to gain protection against involuntary exposure to cigarette smoke. It is arguable that a smoker ...
F W Wright, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSIVE SMOKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passive smoker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tobacco Use in Zimbabwe in Spotlight as Companies Target Africa
“Passive smoking is a real hazard, if you are a passive smoker you are just as good as an active smoker. You are smoking secondhand smoke ... «VOA Zimbabwe, Jul 15»
2
Development of Lung Function in Childhood could Increase COPD …
Now, even being a passive smoker could cost you dear. A research by scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have established ... «NYC Today, Jul 15»
3
Is passive smoking your alternative to quit smoking? Here are 7 …
"Passive smoking or secondhand smoke is as dangerous as active smoking depending on how much is the passive smoker exposed to smoke. «Newsx, Jun 15»
4
Smoking ban: should it be extended to outdoor public spaces?
But while it's incredibly easy to justify banning smoking in enclosed spaces where a passive smoker's health is placed directly in harm's way, an ... «The Upcoming, Jun 15»
5
Smokers urged to butt out in public
There is no defence against the negative and fatal health affects of cigarette smoke on the user and passive smoker, and as such there could ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, May 15»
6
Worse Times Not Yet Over For Electronic Cigarettes Intl Group Ltd …
In short, the study summarized that e-cig vapors could impact acute lung function of both active and passive smoker. Lack of action. At the same ... «Journal Transcript, Apr 15»
7
Why non-smokers get lung cancer too
A "passive smoker" has a 20 to 30 per cent higher risk of developing lung cancer than non-smokers who haven't been exposed. Exposure to ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
8
Menace Of Drug Abuse
Aside the smokers, everyone of us, as passive smoker is a potential victim of some of the ill-effects. Yet, there is hardly any area in Nigeria free ... «Nigerian Observer, Feb 15»
9
Sad looking siblings with arguing parents behind them. Picture …
Even babies pick up on a mood, and soak up contempt in the atmosphere the way a passive smoker inhales toxins. “I think the parents who do ... «Courier Mail, Jan 15»
10
E-Cigarette Has Ten Times the Level of Carcinogens, Says …
Breathing in this pollutant of the air is known as second hand, or passive, smoking and whilst the passive smoker is not usually getting as much ... «Diabetes Insider, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Passive smoker [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/passive-smoker>. May 2024 ».
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