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1. | [ verb ] go across or through | |
Synonyms: | go_across go_through | |
Examples: | "We passed the point where the police car had parked" "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
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Related terms: | travel traverse transit make_one's_way make break_through infiltrate fumble transgress cycle run crash cut squeak_by muscle negociate lock traverse transit jump | |
2. | [ verb ] pass by | |
Synonyms: | pass_by go_by go_past surpass travel_by | |
Examples: | "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window" "He passed his professor in the hall" "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
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Related terms: | travel fly_by zip_by skirt run_by passerby | |
3. | [ verb ] (law) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation | |
Synonyms: | legislate | |
Examples: | "They passed the amendment" "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time" |
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Related terms: | ordain legislator enactment legislation | |
4. | [ verb ] pass by, as of time | |
Synonyms: | go_by elapse go_along slip_away glide_by slide_by slip_by lapse | |
Related terms: | advance fly lapse | |
5. | [ verb ] place into the hands or custody of | |
Synonyms: | hand give turn_over pass_on reach | |
Examples: | "hand me the spoon, please" "Turn the files over to me, please" "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
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Related terms: | transfer give release entrust hand_over entrust deal slip impart communicate hand_over give_away relegate pass_on hand_down hand passage | |
6. | [ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in | |
Synonyms: | happen take_place go_on come_about anticipate pass_off fall_out hap occur | |
Examples: | : "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
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Related terms: | happen come happen work turn_out proceed happen arise recur concur develop befall fall fall chance go_off anticipate intervene break give transpire supervene break come_around synchronize happening hap | |
7. | [ verb ] travel past, as of a vehicle | |
Synonyms: | overtake overhaul | |
Examples: | "The sports car passed all the trucks" " |
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Related terms: | advance get_by clear passing | |
8. | [ verb ] stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | |
Synonyms: | run extend lead go | |
Examples: | "Service runs all the way to Cranbury" "His knowledge doesn't go very far" "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life" |
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Related terms: | be come go_far radiate reach line range | |
9. | [ verb ] come to pass | |
Synonyms: | happen occur take_place go_on come_about pass_off hap | |
Examples: | "What is happening?" "The meeting took place off without an incidence" "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
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Related terms: | come anticipate happen work turn_out proceed happen arise recur concur develop befall fall fall chance go_off synchronize break give supervene come_around transpire break | |
10. | [ noun ] (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls | |
Synonyms: | walk base_on_balls | |
Examples: | "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" |
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Related terms: | accomplishment baseball | |
11. | [ verb ] go unchallenged; be approved | |
Synonyms: | clear | |
Examples: | "The bill cleared the House" |
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Related terms: | succeed clear | |
12. | [ noun ] (military) a written leave of absence | |
Examples: | "he had a pass for three days" |
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Related terms: | leave military | |
13. | [ verb ] transmit information | |
Synonyms: | communicate put_across pass_on | |
Examples: | "Please communicate this message to all employees" |
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Related terms: | convey request reveal acknowledge relay render get_across carry message message send_a_message plant communication communication communicator | |
14. | [ verb ] disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example | |
Synonyms: | fade pass_off blow_over fleet evanesce | |
Examples: | "The pain eventually passed off" |
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Related terms: | disappear passing | |
15. | [ verb ] pass in a specific way; as of time | |
Synonyms: | spend | |
Examples: | "How are you spending your summer vacation?" |
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Related terms: | lead serve vacation winter put_in while_away misspend christmas weekend piddle sojourn sunday summer soldier | |
16. | [ verb ] guide or pass over something; | |
Synonyms: | run draw guide | |
Examples: | "He ran his eyes over her body" "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine" "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
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Related terms: | rub thread thread wipe circulate go_around string run | |
17. | [ verb ] go successfully through a test or a selection process | |
Synonyms: | make_it | |
Examples: | : "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" |
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Related terms: | fail succeed breeze_through passer | |
18. | [ noun ] (sport,american football) a football play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | |
Synonyms: | passing passing_game passing_play | |
Examples: | "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" |
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Related terms: | football_play forward_pass lateral_pass spot_pass American_football | |
19. | [ verb ] allow to go without comment or censure | |
Examples: | : "the insult passed as if unnoticed" |
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Related terms: | let | |
20. | [ verb ] accept or judge as acceptable | |
Examples: | "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" |
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Related terms: | fail judge | |
21. | [ verb ] go beyond | |
Synonyms: | exceed top transcend go_past overstep | |
Examples: | "She exceeded out expectations" "She topped her performance of last year" |
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Related terms: | excel acme transcendence exceedance | |
22. | [ noun ] a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions | |
Synonyms: | laissez_passer | |
Examples: | "the media representatives had special passes" |
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Related terms: | permission ticket-of-leave hall_pass boarding_card | |
23. | [ noun ] (transportation) a flight or run by an aircraft over a target | |
Examples: | "the plane turned to make a second pass" |
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Related terms: | flight | |
24. | [ noun ] any authorization to pass or go somewhere | |
Synonyms: | passport | |
Examples: | "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" |
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Related terms: | permission safe-conduct authorize | |
25. | [ verb ] transfer to another; of rights or property | |
Examples: | "Our house passed under his official control" |
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Related terms: | change | |
26. | [ noun ] (geography) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks | |
Synonyms: | notch mountain_pass | |
Examples: | "we got through the pass before it started to snow" |
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Related terms: | location defile brenner_pass col saddleback khyber_pass Cumberland_Gap donner_pass range | |
27. | [ verb ] pass into a specified state or condition | |
Synonyms: | sink lapse | |
Examples: | : "He sank into Nirvana" |
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Related terms: | move passage | |
28. | [ verb ] throw (a ball) to another player | |
Examples: | "Smith passed" |
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Related terms: | throw passer | |
29. | [ verb ] succeed at easily | |
Synonyms: | sweep_through make_it breeze_through pass_with_flying_colors sail_through ace nail | |
Examples: | "She sailed through her exams" "You will pass with flying colors" "She nailed her astrophysics course" |
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Related terms: | fail succeed breeze_through ace | |
30. | [ verb ] eliminate from the body | |
Synonyms: | eliminate egest excrete | |
Examples: | "Pass a kidney stone" |
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Related terms: | discharge sweat exude defecate vomit make evacuate urinate passage elimination | |
31. | [ noun ] (military,writing) a permit to enter or leave a military installation | |
Synonyms: | liberty_chit | |
Examples: | "he had to show his pass in order to get out" |
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Related terms: | license military | |
32. | [ adjective ] (football) of advancing the ball by throwing it | |
Synonyms: | passing | |
Examples: | "a team with a good passing attack" "a pass play" |
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Related terms: | running football | |
33. | [ verb ] grant authorization or clearance for | |
Synonyms: | authorize clear authorise | |
Examples: | "Clear the manuscript for publication" "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" |
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Related terms: | permit approve entitle validate license declare sanction empower commission approbate certificate authority clearance authoriser authorization | |
34. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6528 | |
35. | [ verb ] (biology) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | |
Synonyms: | die perish pass_away go expire exit decease | |
Examples: | "She died from cancer" "They children perished in the fire" "The patient went peacefully" |
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Related terms: | be_born change_state starve fall drown kick_the_bucket buy_it suffocate predecease suffocate succumb die_out die_out die_back die_down fail die death death death Death death death loss dead_person | |
36. | [ noun ] (law) you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent | |
Synonyms: | bye | |
Examples: | "he had a bye in the first round" |
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Related terms: | concession | |
37. | [ noun ] (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team | |
Synonyms: | toss flip | |
Examples: | "the pass was fumbled" |
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Related terms: | throw centering sport flip chuck flip | |
38. | [ verb ] cause to pass | |
Synonyms: | make_pass | |
Examples: | : "She passed around the plates" |
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Related terms: | pass_through cycle run pass_off | |
39. | [ noun ] a difficult juncture | |
Synonyms: | straits head | |
Examples: | "a pretty pass" "matters came to a head yesterday" |
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Related terms: | juncture | |
40. | [ noun ] (computer science) one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer) | |
Examples: | "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass" |
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Related terms: | cycle computer | |
41. | [ verb ] be inherited by | |
Synonyms: | return devolve fall | |
Examples: | "The estate fell to my sister" "The land returned to the family" "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" |
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Related terms: | change_hands fall accrue | |
42. | [ verb ] be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background | |
Examples: | "He could pass as his twin brother" "She passed as a White woman even though her grandfather was Black" |
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Related terms: | be passer | |
43. | [ noun ] a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs | |
Synonyms: | straits strait | |
Related terms: | situation situation desperate_straits | |
44. | [ noun ] (writing) a complementary (free) ticket | |
Examples: | "the start got passes for his family" |
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Related terms: | ticket | |
45. | [ noun ] a usually brief attempt | |
Synonyms: | fling go whirl offer crack | |
Examples: | "he took a crack at it" "I gave it a whirl" |
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Related terms: | attempt | |
46. | [ noun ] success in satisfying a test or requirement | |
Synonyms: | qualifying passing | |
Examples: | "his future depended on his passing that test" "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" |
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Related terms: | failing success qualify | |
Similar spelling: |
passe pas passee Pais Pash passkey pause Pasko Pasha paseo Pasco paisa Pasch Pasche Pasqua Pascua Pascoe Pascha Paz pax Pak PAC Paiz paca Paik Page Paez Paek Pack pace |