pass
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[edit] Noun
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pass (plural passes)
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- a mountain pass
- "Try not the pass!" the old man said. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. (Shakespeare)
- A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
- (rolling metals) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.
- The state of things; condition; predicament.
- Have his daughters brought him to this pass. - Shakespeare
- Matters have been brought to this pass. - Robert South
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. - James Kent
- (baseball) An intentional walk
- Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit. (Shakespeare)
- A sexual advance.
- The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.
- (obsolete) Estimation; character.
- Common speech gives him a worthy pass. - Shakespeare
- (obsolete, Chaucer, compare passus) A part, a division.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake. (Antonym: a meet.)
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (computing) (slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- Anyone want to trade passes?
[edit] Synonyms
- (opening, road, or track, available for passing): gap
- (fencing: thrust or push): thrust
- (movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist):
- (rolling metals: a single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls): transit
- (the state of things): condition, predicament, state
- (permission or license to pass, or to go and come): access, admission, entry
- (document granting permission to pass or to go and come):
- (figurative: a thrust; a sally of wit):
- (obsolete: estimation; character):
- (obsolete: a part, a division):
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Terms derived from pass (noun)
[edit] Translations
opening, road, or track, available for passing
fencing: thrust or push
movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist
rolling metals: a single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls
the state of things
permission or license to pass, or to go and come
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document granting permission to pass or to go and come
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figurative: a thrust; a sally of wit
obsolete: estimation; character
obsolete: a part, a division
[edit] Verb
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to pass (third-person singular simple present passes, present participle passing, simple past and past participle passed)
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another.
- (intransitive) To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge.
- Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. - John Dryden
- (intransitive) (with "on" or "away"): To die.
- (intransitive) To come and go in consciousness.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) Of time, to elapse, to be spent.
- Their vacation passed pleasantly.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (intransitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness.
- The bill passed both houses of Congress.
- (intransitive) To go through any inspection or test successfully.
- He attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
- (intransitive) To be tolerated.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive, obsolete): To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
- This passes, Master Ford. - Shakespeare
- (intransitive, obsolete): To take heed.
- As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not. - Shakespeare
- (intransitive) To go through the intestines. (John Arbuthnot)
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- An estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
- (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (intransitive) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go by, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of.
- pass a house
- (transitive) To go from one limit to the other of; to spend.
- To pass commodiously this life. - John Milton
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- She loved me for the dangers I had passed. - Shakespeare
- (transitive) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- Please you that I may pass This doing. - Shakespeare
- I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array. - John Dryden
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- And strive to pass . . . Their native music by her skillful art. - Edmund Spenser
- Whose tender power Passes the strength of storms in their most desolate hour. - Byron
- (transitive) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.
- He passed his examination.
- (transitive) To obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body.
- The bill passed the senate.
- (transitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over.
- The waiter passed biscuit and cheese.
- The torch was passed from hand to hand.
- I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. - Joseph Addison
- Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. - Edward Hyde Clarendon
- (transitive) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce.
- (transitive) Hence, to promise; to pledge.
- to pass sentence - Shakespeare
- Father, thy word is passed. - Milton
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- He passed the bill through the committee.
- The senate passed the law.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- pass counterfeit money
- Pass the happy news. - Alfred Tennyson
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- pass a person into a theater or over a railroad
- (transitive, medicine) To emit from the bowels.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (transitive, fencing) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.
- (transitive, sports) To move the ball or puck or a teammate.
[edit] Synonyms
- (go by, over, etc): pass by, pass over, etc.
- (go from one limit to the other of): spend
- (live through): bear, endure, suffer, tolerate, undergo
- (go by without noticing): disregard, ignore, take no notice of
- (transcend): better, exceed, excel, outdo, surpass, transcend
- (go successfully through):
- (obtain the formal sanction of): be accepted by, be passed by
- (cause to move or go): deliver, give, hand, make over, send, transfer, transmit
- (utter): pronounce, say, speak, utter
- (promise): pledge, promise, vow
- (cause to advance by stages of process): approve, enact, ratify
- (put into circulation): circulate, pass around
- (cause to obtain entrance): admit, let in, let past
- (medical: emit from the bowels): evacuate, void
- (nautical: take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure)
- (fencing: make, as a thrust, punto): make
- (move or be moved from one place to another): go, move
- (change from one state to another):
- (move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge):
- (die): pass away, pass over
- (come and go in consciousness):
- (happen): happen, occur
- (elapse): elapse, go by
- (go from one person to another):
- (advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness):
- (go through any inspection or test successfully):
- (to be tolerated):
- (to continue): continue, go on
- (proceed without hindrance or opposition):
- (obsolete: go beyond bounds): exceed, surpass
- (obsolete: take heed): take heed, take notice
- (go through the intestines):
- (be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance):
- (fencing: to make a lunge or pass): thrust
- (decline to play in one's turn):
- (in euchre, decline to make the trump):
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terms derived from pass (verb)
[edit] Translations
move or be moved from one place to another
change from one state to another
die
come and go in consciousness
happen
elapse
advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness
go through any inspection or test successfully
proceed without hindrance or opposition
obsolete: go beyond bounds
obsolete: take heed
be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance
fencing: to make a lunge or pass
decline to play in one's turn
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in euchre, decline to make the trump
go by, over, etc
go from one limit to the other of
live through
go by without noticing
transcend
obtain the formal sanction of
cause to move or go
utter
promise
cause to advance by stages of process
put into circulation
cause to obtain entrance
medical: emit from the bowels
take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure
fencing: make, as a thrust, punto
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- IPA: [pasː]
[edit] Noun
pass n.
[edit] Declension
| n11 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pass | passið | pass | passini |
| Accusative | pass | passið | pass | passini |
| Dative | passi | passinum | passum | passunum |
| Genitive | pass | passins | passa | passanna |
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[edit] Etymology 1
From German, originally from Italian passo.
[edit] Noun
| Inflection for pass | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| neuter | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | pass | passet | pass | passen |
| Possessive form | pass | passets | pass | passens |
pass n.
- passport (document granting permission to pass)
- place which you (must) pass or is passing; pass (between mountains)
- pace; a kind of gait
- place where a hunter hunts; place where a policeman patrols
- spell (a period of duty)
- leave notice (document granting permission to leave) (from prison)
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terms derived from pass (document)
terms derived from pass (gait)
terms derived from pass (spell)
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- leave notice: permissionssedel, permissionspass
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pass c.
| Inflection for pass | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | pass | passen | passar | passarna |
| Possessive form | pass | passens | passars | passarnas |
- (ball sports) pass; a transfer of the ball from one player to another in the same team
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terms derived from pass