pass
/pˈæs/
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Definitions
Adjective
of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
Noun
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
Noun
(military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
Noun
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
Noun
the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow"
Noun
any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
Noun
a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
Noun
a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass"
Noun
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
Noun
a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
Noun
one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
Noun
you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
Noun
a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
Noun
a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family"
Noun
a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
Noun
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
Noun
success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
Verb
go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
Verb
move past; "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"
Verb
make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
Verb
pass by; "three years elapsed"
Verb
place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
Verb
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn''t go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
Verb
travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
Verb
come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
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go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
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pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
Verb
pass over, across, or through; "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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transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
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disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
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go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
Verb
be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
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accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
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allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
Verb
transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"
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pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
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throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
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be inherited by; "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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cause to pass; "She passed around the plates"
Verb
grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
Verb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
Verb
eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
Synonyms
authorise
authorize
base on balls
blow over
buy the farm
bye
cash in one''s chips
choke
clear
come about
communicate
conk
crack
croak
decease
devolve
die
draw
drop dead
egest
elapse
eliminate
evanesce
exceed
excrete
exit
expire
extend
fade
fall
fall out
fleet
fling
flip
give
give-up the ghost
glide by
go
go across
go along
go by
go on
go past
go through
guide
hand
hap
happen
head
kick the bucket
laissez passer
lapse
lead
legislate
liberty chit
make it
make pass
mountain pass
notch
occur
offer
overhaul
overstep
overtake
pass along
pass away
pass by
pass off
pass on
passing
passing game
passing play
passport
perish
pop off
put across
qualifying
reach
return
run
sink
slide by
slip away
slip by
snuff it
spend
strait
straits
surpass
take place
top
toss
transcend
travel by
turn over
walk
whirl
More General Terms
accomplishment
achievement
advance
allow
attempt
be
bring home the bacon
change
change hands
change owners
change state
come through
communicate
conceding
concession
convey
countenance
cycle
deliver the goods
disappear
discharge
effort
eject
enact
endeavor
endeavour
evaluate
excel
exhaust
expel
flight
flying
football play
go
go away
go on
judge
juncture
leave
leave of absence
let
licence
license
location
locomote
march on
move
move on
occasion
ordain
oscillation
pass judgment
pass on
permission
permit
progress
release
situation
stand out
succeed
success
surpass
throw
ticket
transfer
transmit
travel
try
turn
vanish
win
yielding
More Specific Terms
abort
ace
acknowledge
aerial
anticipate
approbate
approve
arise
asphyxiate
backfire
backlash
barf
be sick
bechance
befall
bespeak
betide
blunder
boarding card
boarding pass
break
break through
breeze through
buy it
ca-ca
call for
carry
cast
cat
centering
certificate
certify
chance
chuck
clear
coincide
col
come
come around
come off
come up
commission
commit
concur
confide
contemporise
contemporize
cover
crack
crap
crash
cross
cut
cut across
cut through
cycle
deal
declare
defecate
defile
deliver
desperate straits
develop
dire straits
disgorge
do
drown
empty
entrust
evacuate
exudate
exude
fall
famish
fell
fly
fly by
fork out
fork over
fork up
formalise
formalize
forward pass
free
fumble
gap
get across
get by
get over
get through
give
give up
go
go deep
go far
go off
go over
gorge
hall pass
hand over
happen
holiday
honk
implant
infiltrate
intervene
intrust
lateral
lateral pass
lead
leave
licence
license
light
lock
make
make water
materialise
materialize
message
micturate
move through
muscle
nail
negociate
negotiate
O.K.
okay
ooze
ooze out
operate
overstep
overwinter
pass across
pass off
pass over
pass through
pass water
pass with flying colors
pee
pee-pee
perspire
piddle
pip out
piss
plant
predecease
proceed
puddle
puke
purge
put over
quest
radiate
ray
receipt
recoil
recrudesce
recur
regorge
regurgitate
relay
release
relieve oneself
relinquish
render
repeat
request
resign
result
retch
return
roll around
rub
run
run by
saddle
saddleback
safe-conduct
safeguard
sail through
sanction
send a message
serve
shine
shit
sick
skirt
slip
slum
snap
sneak
sojourn
soldier
spend a penny
spew
spot pass
spue
squeak by
squeak through
starve
stifle
stool
strike
succumb
sudate
suffocate
summer
supervene
sweat
sweep through
synchronise
synchronize
take a crap
take a leak
take a shit
thread
throw up
ticket-of-leave
top
track
transgress
transit
transpire
transude
traverse
trespass
trust
turn in
turn out
upchuck
urinate
vacation
validate
vanish
void
vomit
vomit up
wee
weekend
wee-wee
while away
whisk by
winter
work
yield
zip by