pasquinade
pasquinade

pass


Definition: Meaning of, pass in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / pɑːs /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
pass passed passed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
passing passes
  1. go past [intransitive and transitive] to come up to a particular place, person, or object and go past them
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  2. move/go [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go or travel along or through a place
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  3. put [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something around, through, or across something else
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  4. road/river etc [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] a road, river, or railway line that passes a place goes through or near the place
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  5. give [transitive] to hold something in your hand and give it to someone else
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  6. give information [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to give information or a job to another person so that they can deal with it
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  7. time [intransitive] if time passes, it goes by
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  8. time [transitive] if you pass time or pass your life in a particular way, you spend it in that way
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  9. exam/test [intransitive and transitive] to succeed in an examination or test
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  10. exam/test [transitive] to officially decide that someone has succeeded in an examination or test
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  11. law/proposal [transitive] to officially accept a law or proposal, especially by voting
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  12. law/proposal [intransitive and transitive] especially American English if a law or proposal passes an official group, it is officially accepted by that group
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  13. happen [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] written if something passes between people, they speak to each other or do something together
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  14. say pass a remark/comment to say something that gives your opinion
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  15. let something pass to deliberately not say anything when someone says or does something that you do not like
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  16. end [intransitive] to end or stop
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  17. sport [intransitive and transitive] to kick, throw, or hit a ball to a member of your own team during a game
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  18. more than [transitive] to become more than a particular number or amount
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  19. pass unnoticed to happen without anyone noticing or saying anything
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  20. pass the time of day (with somebody) to talk to someone for a short time in order to be friendly
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  21. change control [intransitive always + preposition] formal to change from being controlled or owned by one person to being controlled or owned by someone else
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  22. change [intransitive always + preposition] formal to change from one state or condition into another
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  23. pass (a) sentence (on somebody) to officially decide how a criminal will be punished, and to announce what the punishment will be
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  24. pass judgment (on somebody) to give your opinion about someone's behaviour
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  25. give no answer [intransitive] to give no answer to a question because you do not know the answer
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  26. not accept [intransitive] to not accept an invitation or offer
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  27. not pass somebody's lips humorous used to say that someone does not talk about something that is secret
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  28. not pass somebody's lips humorous used to say that someone does not eat or drink a particular thing
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  29. waste matter [transitive] medical to let out a waste substance from your BLADDER or BOWEL s
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  30. come to pass literary or biblical to happen
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
pass passes
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  1. document an official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter a building or travel on something without paying
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  2. exam/test a successful result in an examination
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  3. sport when you kick, throw, or hit a ball to another member of your team during a game
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  4. make a pass at somebody informal to try to kiss or touch another person with the intention of starting a sexual relationship with them
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  5. road/path a high road or path that goes between mountains to the other side
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  6. stage one part of a process that involves dealing with the whole of a group or thing several times
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  7. aircraft a movement in which an aircraft flies once over a place which it is attacking
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  8. come to a pretty/sorry pass old-fashioned informal if things have come to a pretty or sorry pass, a situation has become very bad
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pass used in phrases

  • Brenner Pass (noun)
    1. an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions
  • Donner Pass (noun)
    1. a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died
  • Inter-Rail pass
    1. a special type of railway ticket that allows you to travel on trains all over Europe for a fixed period. These tickets are especially popular with students and other young people.
  • Khyber Pass
    1. the Khyber Pass a steep road that goes through mountains and joins Pakistan and Afghanistan. For centuries it was the main road to India from the West.
  • boarding pass (noun)
    1. an official card that you have to show before you get onto a plane
  • bus pass (noun)
    1. a special ticket giving cheap or free bus travel
  • flare pass (noun)
    1. a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
  • forward pass (noun)
    1. a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
  • hall pass (noun)
    1. written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school
  • high-pass filter (noun)
    1. a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value
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pass used in phrasal verbs

  • pass around (phrasal verb)
  • pass as (phrasal verb)
  • pass away (phrasal verb)
    1. to die. This word is used to avoid saying ‘die’ when you think this might upset someone
  • pass by (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] pass by someone/something to go past
    2. [transitive] pass someone by if something passes you by, you do not notice it
  • pass down (phrasal verb)
    1. to give knowledge or teach skills to your children or to younger people
  • pass for (phrasal verb)
    1. pass for someone/something to be accepted, wrongly, as being a particular type of person or thing
  • pass off (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] pass someone/something off as something to make people believe that a person or thing is something else
    2. [intransitive] British English if an event passes off in a particular way, it happens in that way
  • pass on (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] to give someone something that someone else has given you
    2. [transitive] to give someone an infectious illness
  • pass out (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] to suddenly become unconscious, for example because you are too hot
    2. [transitive] to give something to each member of a group
  • pass over (phrasal verb)
    1. [often passive] pass someone over to not give someone a better job, choosing instead someone who is younger or has less experience
    2. pass over something to ignore or not mention a statement or subject
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Pronunciation: kʌm wɒt meɪ
Parts of Speech: adverb
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