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Meaning
Verb
●
To change place.
To
move
or be
moved
from one place to another.
To
go past
, by, over, or through; to
proceed
from
one side
to the other of; to
move
past
.
To cause to
move
or go; to
send
; to
transfer
from one person, place, or
condition
to another.
To go from one person to another.
To
put
in circulation
; to give
currency
to.
To cause to
obtain
entrance
,
admission
, or conveyance.
●
In Medicine:
To change place.
To
eliminate
(something) from the body by natural processes.
●
In Nautical:
To change place.
To
take a turn
with (a
line
,
gasket
, etc.), as around a
sail
in
furling
, and make secure.
●
In Football (soccer) & Sports:
To change place.
To make various
kinds of
movement.
To
kick
(the
ball
) with
precision
rather than
at
full
force.
●
In Sports:
To change place.
To make various
kinds of
movement.
To
move
(the
ball
or
puck
) to a teammate.
●
In Fencing & Sports:
To change place.
To make various
kinds of
movement.
To make a
lunge
or swipe.
●
In Football (American) & Sports:
To change place.
To make various
kinds of
movement.
To
throw
the
ball
,
generally
downfield
, towards a teammate.
●
In Cooking:
To change place.
To
put through
a sieve.
●
To change
in state
or status
To
progress
from one state to another; to advance.
To
depart
, to
cease
,
to come
to an end.
To die.
To
achieve
a
successful
outcome
from.
To
advance
through all the
steps
or
stages
necessary
to become
valid
or effective; to
obtain
the
formal
sanction
of (a
legislative
body).
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.
To
utter
; to
pronounce
; to pledge.
To change from one state to another (without the
implication
of progression).
●
In Law:
To change
in state
or status
To be
conveyed
or
transferred
by will,
deed
, or other
instrument
of conveyance.
To make a
judgment
on or upon a person or case.
●
To
move
through time.
To
elapse
, to be spent.
To spend.
To
go by
without
noticing
; to
omit
attention
to; to take no
note
of; to disregard.
To continue.
To
proceed
without
hindrance
or opposition.
To
live through
; to have experience of; to
undergo
; to suffer.
To happen.
●
To be accepted.
To be
tolerated
as a
substitute
for
something else
, to "do".
●
In Sociology:
To be accepted.
To be
accepted
by others as a
member
of a
race
,
sex
, or other group to
which one
does not
belong
or would not have
originally
appeared
to
belong
; especially to be considered
white
although one has
black
ancestry
, or a
woman
although one was
assigned
male
at
birth
or
vice
versa.
●
To
refrain
from doing something.
To
decline
something that is
offered
or available.
To
reject
; to
pass
up.
To
decline
or not
attempt
to
answer
a question.
In
turn-based
games
, to
decline
to
play in
one's
turn.
●
In Card games:
To
refrain
from doing something.
In
euchre
, to
decline
to make the trump.
●
To do or be better.
To
go beyond
bounds
; to
surpass
; to be in excess.
To
transcend
; to
surpass
; to
excel
; to exceed.
●
To
take heed
, to have an interest, to care.
Noun
●
An
opening
,
road
, or
track
, available for
passing
; especially, one through or over some
dangerous
or otherwise
impracticable
barrier
such as a
mountain range
; a
passageway
; a
defile
; a ford.
●
In Landforms:
A
channel
connecting
a
river
or
body of water
to the
sea
,
for example
at the
mouth
(delta) of a
river
.
●
A
single
movement
, especially of a
hand
, at, over, or along anything.
●
A
single
passage
of a
tool
over something, or of something over a
tool
.
●
An attempt.
●
Success in an
examination
or
similar
test.
●
In Fencing:
A
thrust
or
push
; an
attempt
to
stab
or
strike
an adversary.
●
A
thrust
; a
sally
of wit.
●
A
sexual
advance.
●
In Sports:
The
act
of
moving
the
ball
or
puck
from one
player
to another.
●
In Rail transportation:
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
it.
●
Permission or
license
to
pass
, or
to go
and come.
●
A
document
granting
permission
to
pass
or
to go
and come; a
passport
; a
ticket
permitting
free
transit
or admission
●
In Baseball:
An
intentional
walk.
●
In Sports:
The
act
of
overtaking
; an
overtaking
manoeuvre.
●
The state of things;
condition
;
predicament
; impasse.
●
Estimation; character.
●
In Cooking:
The area in a
restaurant
kitchen
where the
finished
dishes
are
passed
from the
chefs
to the
waiting
staff.
●
An
act
of
declining
to
play
one's
turn in
a game
, often by
saying
the
word
"pass".
●
In Computing:
A
run through
a
document
as part of a
translation
,
compilation
or
reformatting
process.
●
In Computing:
A
password
(especially one for a restricted-access website).
●
In Education:
Initialism of positive
alternative
to school suspension.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
pass
English
pas
Middle English (1100-1500)
passen
Middle English (1100-1500)
passer
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Go
Move
Overtake
Deliver
Give
Hand
Send
Transfer
Transmit
Evacuate
Void
Thrust
Circulate
Admit
Die
Approve
Enact
Ratify
Pronounce
Say
Speak
Utter
Elapse
Disregard
Ignore
Continue
Bear
Endure
Suffer
Tolerate
Undergo
Happen
Occur
Exceed
Surpass
Better
Excel
Outdo
Transcend
Passe
Gap
Notch
Transit
Proposition
Access
Admission
Entry
Condition
Predicament
State
Omit
Pass By
Pass Over
Make Over
Let In
Let Past
Pass Away
Pass On
Go By
Go On
Take Heed
Take Notice
Pay Attention
Come On
Hit On
Fall Asleep
Cross Over
Take No Notice Of
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Antonyms
Meet
Related
Run
Slip
Walk
Carry
Move
Throw
Cross
Take
Transfer
Roll
Turn
Hold
Break
Ride
Send
Fly
Drop
Transmit
Leave
Flow
Kick
Finish
Travel
Flip
Pull
Blow
Catch
Enter
Play
Follow
Reach
Tackle
Ticket
Return
Ball
Accept
Jump
Bring
Switch
Cut
Punt
Card
Check
Drive
Traverse
Give
Put
Gate
Match
Shot
Entry
Climb
Bounce
Complete
Trip
Submit
Route
Add
Trail
Receive
Filter
Sit
Touch
Knock
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Rhymes
Gas
Ass
Wass
Mass
Pass
Sass
Lass
Asse
Alas
Crass
Grass
Frass
Brass
Sauce
Class
Glass
Trass
Harass
Wrasse
Ratass
Morass
Surpass
Crevasse
Outclass
Sassafras
En Masse
Coup De GrâCe
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