- verbpass (verb) · passes (third person present) · passed (past tense) · passed (past participle) · passing (present participle)
- move or cause to move in a specified direction:"he passed through towns and villages" · "he passed a weary hand across his forehead" · "pass an electric current through it" · "the shells from the Allied guns were passing very low overhead"
- change from one state or condition to another:"homes that have passed from public to private ownership"
- euphemisticdie (used euphemistically):"his father had passed to the afterlife"
- go past or across; leave behind or on one side in proceeding:"the two vehicles had no room to pass each other" · "we will not let you pass" · "she passed a rest area with a pay phone"
- go beyond the limits of; surpass or exceed:"this item has passed its sell-by date"
- tennishit a winning shot past (an opponent).
- (of time or a point in time) elapse; go by:"the day and night passed slowly" · "the moment had passed"
- spend or use up (a period of time):"this was how they passed the time"
- come to an end:"the danger had passed"
- happen; be done or said:"not another word passed between them" · "this fact has passed almost unnoticed"
- transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series:"your letter has been passed to Mr. Rich for action" · "he passed her a cup" · "please pass the fish"
- be transferred from one person or place to another, especially by inheritance:"if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband" · "infections can pass from mother to child at birth"
- (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) throw, kick, or hit (the ball or puck) to another player on one's own team:"his intent was to pass the ball forward rather than knock it back"
- put (something, especially money) into circulation:"persons who have passed bad checks"
- (especially of money) circulate; be current:"cash was passing briskly"
- (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course):"she passed her driving test"
- judge the performance or standard of (someone or something) to be satisfactory:"he was passed fit by army doctors"
- be accepted as adequate; go uncensured:"she couldn't agree, but let it pass" · "her rather revealing dress passed without comment"
- (of a legislative or other official body) approve or put into effect (a proposal or law) by voting on it:"the bill was passed despite fierce opposition"
- (of a proposal or law) be examined and approved by (a legislative body or process):"the Bill passed by 164 votes to 107"
- pronounce (a judgment or judicial sentence):"passing judgment on these crucial issues" · "it is now my duty to pass sentence upon you"
- utter (something, especially criticism):"she would pass remarks about the Paxtons in their own house"
- archaicadjudicate or give a judgment on a matter:"a jury could not be trusted to pass upon the question of Endicott's good faith"
- discharge (something, especially urine or feces) from the body:"frequency of passing urine"
- forgo one's turn in a game or an offered opportunity:"we pass on dessert and have coffee"
- (of a company) not declare or pay (a dividend):"the company has already passed its interim dividend"
- bridgemake no bid when it is one's turn during an auction:"South bids 1NT. North passes"
nounpass (noun) · passes (plural noun)- an act or instance of moving past or through something:"repeated passes with the swipe card" · "an unmarked plane had been making passes over his house"
- an act of passing the hands over anything, as in conjuring or hypnotism.
- a thrust in fencing.
- a juggling trick.
- bridgean act of refraining from bidding during the auction.
- computinga single scan through a set of data or a program.
- a successful completion of an examination or course:"a 100 percent pass rate"
- US ENGLISHthe grade indicating the successful completion of an examination or course.
- BRITISH ENGLISHan achievement of a university degree without honors:"a pass degree"
- a card, ticket, or permit giving authorization for the holder to enter or have access to a place, form of transportation, or event:"a bus pass" · "you could only get in with a pass"
- toleration of bad behavior or poor performance:"businesses should not get a pass to be reckless" · "that doesn't give him a pass to say things without reproach"
- historical(in South Africa) an identity book that Black people had to carry between 1952 and 1986, used to limit the movement of Black people to urban areas.
- (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) an act of throwing, kicking, or hitting the ball or puck to another player on the same team:"his cross-field pass to Giggs"
- informalan amorous or sexual advance made to someone:"she made a pass at Stephen"
- US ENGLISHinformala rejection or dismissal:"those who don't like oily food may want to give this a pass" · "I took a pass on his request for help"
- a state or situation of a specified, usually bad or difficult, nature:"things came to such a pass that these gentlemen sat coldly at the meetings not daring to speak out freely and honestly" · "this is a sad pass for a fixture that used to crackle with excitement"
- bridgean act of refraining from bidding during the auction.
exclamation- said when one does not know the answer to a question, for example in a quizzing game:"to the enigmatic question we answered “Pass.”"
- US ENGLISHinformalused to express rejection or dismissal:"the shepherd's pie looks gross. Pass!"
OriginMiddle English: from Old French passer, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.nounpass (noun) · passes (plural noun)- a route over or through mountains:"the pass over the mountain was open again after the snows" · "the Khyber Pass"
- a passage for fish over or past a weir or dam:"a program to build salmon passes at weirs and other obstacles"
- US ENGLISHa navigable channel, especially at the mouth of a river:"Sabine Pass"
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘division of a text, passage through’): variant of pace, influenced by pass and French pas.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- move or cause to move in a specified direction:
- (of time or a point in time) elapse; go by:
- transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series:
- be transferred from one person or place to another, especially by inheritance:
- (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) throw, kick, or hit (the ball or puck) to another player on one's own team:
- (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course):
- pronounce (a judgment or judicial sentence):
- discharge (something, especially urine or feces) from the body:
noun- a card, ticket, or permit giving authorization for the holder to enter or have access to a place, form of transportation, or event:
- (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) an act of throwing, kicking, or hitting the ball or puck to another player on the same team:
- an amorous or sexual advance made to someone:
- a state or situation of a specified, usually bad or difficult, nature:
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