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Pass

pɑːs

Pass definitions
verb
pass passed passes passing
  1. move or cause to move in a specified direction

    "he passed through towns and villages"

    go proceed move progress make one's way travel drive fly
    • change from one state or condition to another

      "homes which have passed from public to private ownership"

    • die

      "I was with him the night he passed"

  2. go past or across; leave behind or on one side in proceeding

    "on the way to the station she passed a cinema"

    • go beyond the limits of; surpass or exceed

      "the Portuguese trade passed its peak in the 1760s"

    • hit a winning shot past (an opponent)
  3. (of time) elapse; go by

    "the day and night passed slowly"

    elapse go by go past proceed progress advance wear on slip by slip away roll by glide by tick by
    • 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"

  4. 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"

    hand let someone have give hand over hand round reach
    • be transferred from one person or place to another, especially by inheritance

      "if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband"

    • (in soccer, rugby, and other games) kick, hit, or throw (the ball) to another player of one's own side

      "his intent was to pass the ball forward rather than knock it back"

    • put (something, especially money) into circulation

      "persons who have passed bad cheques"

    • (especially of money) circulate; be current

      "racegoers had formed card schools, and cash was passing briskly"

  5. (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course)

    "she passed her driving test"

    be successful in succeed in gain a pass in get through come through meet the requirements of pass muster in
    • judge the performance or standard of (someone or something) to be satisfactory

      "he was passed fit by army doctors"

    • be accepted as adequate; go unremarked

      "she couldn't agree, but let it pass"

    • be accepted or perceived as belonging to an ethnic group other than one's own or as having a sex other than the one registered at birth

      "when I went through my transition I no longer tried to pass"

  6. (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) be approved by a legislative or other official body

      "the Bill passed by 164 votes to 107"

  7. pronounce (a judgement or judicial sentence)

    "passing judgement on these crucial issues"

    declare pronounce utter express deliver issue set forth
    • utter (something, especially criticism)

      "she would pass remarks about the Peebles in their own house"

    • adjudicate or give a judgement on a matter

      "a jury could not be trusted to pass upon the question of Endicott's good faith"

  8. discharge (something, especially urine or faeces) from the body

    "she may have difficulty in passing urine"

    discharge excrete eliminate evacuate expel emit void release let out
  9. forgo one's turn in a game or an offered opportunity to do or have something

    "we pass on pudding and have coffee"

    • (of a company) not declare or pay (a dividend)

      "the company has already passed its interim dividend"

    • make no bid when it is one's turn during an auction

      "South bids 1NT. North passes"

noun
pass passes
  1. an act or instance of moving past or through something

    "repeated passes with the swipe card"

    • an act of passing the hands over something, as in conjuring or hypnotism
    • a thrust in fencing
    • a juggling trick
    • a single scan through a set of data or a program
  2. a success in an examination, test, or course

    "an A-level pass in Music"

    • an achievement of a university degree without honours
  3. a card, ticket, or permit giving authorization for the holder to enter or have access to a place, form of transport, or event

    "a bus pass"

    permit warrant authorization licence
    • toleration of bad behaviour or poor performance

      "businesses should not get a pass to be reckless"

    • (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
  4. (in soccer, rugby, and other games) an act of kicking, hitting, or throwing the ball to another player on the same side

    "his cross-field pass to Giggs"

    kick hit throw shot header
  5. an amorous or sexual advance made to someone

    "she made a pass at Stephen"

    make sexual advances to make advances to make sexual overtures to proposition make a sexual approach to
  6. a rejection or dismissal

    "those who don't like oily food may want to give this a pass"

  7. a state or situation of a specified, usually undesirable, nature

    "things came to such a pass that these gentlemen sat coldly at the meetings not daring to speak out freely and honestly"

    reach a regrettable/bad state (of affairs) be in a worrying state be in a sad plight be in troubled circumstances be in dire straits
  8. an act of refraining from bidding during the auction
interjection
  1. said when one does not know the answer to a question, for example in a quiz

    "to the enigmatic question we answered ‘Pass’"

    • used to express rejection or dismissal

      "the shepherd's pie looks gross. Pass!"