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pass > 43 senses
ADJECTIVE1pass, passingOf advancing the ball by throwing it
NOUN1pass, base on balls, walk(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
2pass(military) a written leave of absence
3pass, passing play, passing game, passing(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
4pass, mountain pass, notchThe location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
5pass, passportAny authorization to pass or go somewhere
6pass, laissez passerA document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
7passA flight or run by an aircraft over a target
8pass, strait, straitsA bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
9pass, head, straitsA difficult juncture
10passOne complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
11pass, byeYou advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
12pass, liberty chitA permit to enter or leave a military installation
13passA complementary (free) ticket
14pass, crack, fling, go, whirl, offerA usually brief attempt
15pass, toss, flip(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
16pass, passing, qualifyingSuccess in satisfying a test or requirement
VERB1pass, go through, go acrossGo across or through
2pass, travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go byPass by
3pass, legislateMake laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
4pass, elapse, lapse, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go alongPass by
5pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, givePlace into the hands or custody of
6pass, run, go, lead, extendStretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
7pass, overtake, overhaulTravel past
8pass, happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, fall out, come about, take placeCome to pass
9pass, clearGo unchallenged
10pass, spendPass (time) in a specific way
11pass, guide, run, drawGuide or pass over something
12pass, communicate, pass on, put acrossTransmit information
13pass, evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleetDisappear gradually
14pass, make itGo successfully through a test or a selection process
15pass, exceed, transcend, overstep, go past, topGo beyond
16passAccept or judge as acceptable
17passAllow to go without comment or censure
18passTransfer to another
19pass, sink, lapsePass into a specified state or condition
20passBe identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else
21passThrow (a ball) to another player
22pass, fall, return, devolveBe inherited by
23pass, make passCause to pass
24pass, authorize, authorise, clearGrant authorization or clearance for
25pass, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expirePass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
26pass, excrete, egest, eliminateEliminate from the body
pass > pronunciation
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pass > adjective
MeaningOf advancing the ball by throwing it.
Examples"a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
Synonymspassing
Categoryfootball, football game
Contraryrunning
pass > noun 1, act
Meaning(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls.
Synonymsbase on balls, walk
Categorybaseball, baseball game, ball
Broaderaccomplishment, achievement
pass > noun 2, time
Meaning(military) a written leave of absence.
Examples"he had a pass for three days"
Categorymilitary, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Broaderleave, leave of absence
pass > noun 3, act
Meaning(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.
Examples"the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
Synonymspassing play, passing game, passing
CategoryAmerican football, American football game
Narrowerforward pass, aerial; lateral pass, lateral; spot pass
Broaderfootball play
Verbspass
pass > noun 4, object
MeaningThe location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.
Examples"we got through the pass before it started to snow"
Synonymsmountain pass, notch
Part ofrange, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
NarrowerBrenner Pass; col, gap; Cumberland Gap; defile, gorge; Donner Pass; Khyber Pass; saddleback, saddle
Broaderlocation
pass > noun 5, communication
MeaningAny authorization to pass or go somewhere.
Examples"the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
Synonymspassport
Narrowersafe-conduct, safeguard
Broaderpermission
Verbspass
pass > noun 6, communication
MeaningA document indicating permission to do something without restrictions.
Examples"the media representatives had special passes"
Synonymslaissez passer
Narrowerboarding card, boarding pass; hall pass; ticket-of-leave
Broaderpermission
pass > noun 7, act
MeaningA flight or run by an aircraft over a target.
Examples"the plane turned to make a second pass"
Broaderflight, flying
pass > noun 8, state
MeaningA bad or difficult situation or state of affairs.
Synonymsstrait, straits
Narrowerdesperate straits, dire straits
Broadersituation
pass > noun 9, event
MeaningA difficult juncture.
Examples"a pretty pass"
Synonymshead, straits
Broaderjuncture, occasion
pass > noun 10, event
MeaningOne complete cycle of operations (as by a computer).
Examples"it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
Categorycomputer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
Broadercycle, oscillation
pass > noun 11, communication
MeaningYou advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent.
Synonymsbye
Broaderconcession, conceding, yielding
Verbspass
pass > noun 12, communication
MeaningA permit to enter or leave a military installation.
Examples"he had to show his pass in order to get out"
Synonymsliberty chit
Categorymilitary, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Broaderlicense, licence, permit
pass > noun 13, communication
MeaningA complementary (free) ticket.
Examples"the start got passes for his family"
Broaderticket
pass > noun 14, act
MeaningA usually brief attempt.
Synonymscrack, fling, go, whirl, offer
Broaderattempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
pass > noun 15, act
Meaning(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team.
Examples"the pass was fumbled"
Synonymstoss, flip
Categorysport, athletics
Narrowercentering, snap
Broaderthrow
pass > noun 16, act
MeaningSuccess in satisfying a test or requirement.
Examples"his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
Synonymspassing, qualifying
Broadersuccess
Contraryfailing
pass > verb 1, motion
MeaningGo across or through.
PatternSomething is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Examples"We passed the point where the police car had parked"
Synonymsgo through, go across
Caused bypass, make pass
Narrowerbreak through, crack; squeak by, squeak through; transit; traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across; infiltrate, pass through; run; transit, pass through, pass across, pass over; cut; crash; muscle; transgress, trespass, overstep; negociate; lock; make, work; cycle; fumble, blunder
Broadertravel, go, move, locomote
See alsopass over; pass over; pass over
pass > verb 2, motion
MeaningPass by.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
ModelThese cars won't pass
Examples"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"
Synonymstravel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by
Narrowerskirt; run by; fly by; zip by, fly by, whisk by
Broadertravel, go, move, locomote
Nounspasser
pass > verb 3, social
MeaningMake laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples"They passed the amendment"
Synonymslegislate
Broaderordain, enact
Nounspassage
pass > verb 4, motion
MeaningPass by.
PatternSomething ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Synonymselapse, lapse, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
Narrowerfly, fell, vanish
Broaderadvance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
pass > verb 5, possession
MeaningPlace into the hands or custody of.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody
ModelThey pass the food to the people; They pass the people the food
Synonymshand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Narrowergive; slip, sneak; deal; hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, get in, deliver, render; release, relinquish, resign, free, give up; entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit; entrust, leave
Broadertransfer
See alsopass on; pass on; pass on; pass on
Nounspassage
pass > verb 6, stative
MeaningStretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope. Run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
PatternSomething is ----ing PP
Synonymsrun, go, lead, extend
Narrowercome; radiate, ray; go far, go deep
Broaderbe
Similar torange, run
pass > verb 7, motion
MeaningTravel past.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
ModelThese cars won't pass
Examples"The sports car passed all the trucks"
Synonymsovertake, overhaul
Narrowerget by; clear, top
Broaderadvance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Nounspassing, passage; passing
pass > verb 8, change
MeaningCome to pass.
PatternSomething ----s; Something is ----ing PP; It ----s that CLAUSE
Synonymshappen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, fall out, come about, take place
Caused byeffect, effectuate, bring about, set up; trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
Narrowerbreak, recrudesce, develop; arise, come up; intervene; transpire; give; operate; supervene; proceed, go; come; fall; anticipate; develop; recur, repeat; go off, come off, go over; come around, roll around; happen, materialize, materialise; happen, befall, bechance; befall, bechance, betide; concur, coincide; chance; break; fall, shine, strike; turn out; synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
pass > verb 9, social
MeaningGo unchallenged. Be approved.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonymsclear
Narrowerclear
Broadersucceed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
pass > verb 10, stative
MeaningPass (time) in a specific way.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsspend
Narrowersoldier; lead; sunday; christmas; put in; weekend; piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle; misspend; vacation, holiday; serve, do; while away, get through; sojourn; winter; summer
pass > verb 11, contact
MeaningGuide or pass over something.
PatternSomebody ----s something PP
Synonymsguide, run, draw
Narrowerrub; thread; thread
Similar tostring, thread, draw; run, lead
See alsopass around; pass over
pass > verb 12, communication
MeaningTransmit information .
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody
Synonymscommunicate, pass on, put across
Narrowerplant, implant; send a message; relay; get across, put over; request, bespeak, call for, quest; acknowledge, receipt; carry; render, deliver, return; message; message; reveal, display, show
Broaderconvey, transmit, communicate
pass > verb 13, change
MeaningDisappear gradually.
PatternSomething ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Examples"The pain eventually passed off"
Synonymsevanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet
Broaderdisappear, vanish, go away
Nounspassing
pass > verb 14, social
MeaningGo successfully through a test or a selection process.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s
Examples"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
Synonymsmake it
Caused bypass
Narrowerbreeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail
Broadersucceed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Contraryfail, flunk, bomb, flush it
Nounspassing; passer
pass > verb 15, stative
MeaningGo beyond.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymsexceed, transcend, overstep, go past, top
Broaderexcel, stand out, surpass
pass > verb 16, social
MeaningAccept or judge as acceptable.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Examples"The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
Cause topass, make it
Broaderjudge
Contraryfail
Nounspassing; pass
pass > verb 17, social
MeaningAllow to go without comment or censure.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"the insult passed as if unnoticed"
Broaderlet, allow, permit
pass > verb 18, possession
MeaningTransfer to another. Of rights or property.
PatternSomething ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Examples"Our house passed under his official control"
Broaderchange
pass > verb 19, motion
MeaningPass into a specified state or condition.
PatternSomething is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymssink, lapse
Broadermove
Nounspassage
pass > verb 20, stative
MeaningBe identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else. As by denying one's own ancestry or background.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Examples"He could pass as his twin brother"; "She passed as a White woman even though her grandfather was Black"
Broaderbe
Nounspasser
pass > verb 21, possession
MeaningThrow (a ball) to another player.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody
Examples"Smith passed"
Broaderthrow
Nounspasser; pass, passing
pass > verb 22, possession
MeaningBe inherited by.
PatternSomething ----s somebody
Synonymsfall, return, devolve
Narrowerfall, light
Broaderchange hands
Similar toaccrue, fall
pass > verb 23, motion
MeaningCause to pass.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"She passed around the plates"
Synonymsmake pass
Cause topass, go through, go across
Narrowercycle; pass off; pass through; run, lead
pass > verb 24, communication
MeaningGrant authorization or clearance for.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Synonymsauthorize, authorise, clear
Narrowerapprobate; certificate; approve, O.K., okay, sanction; declare; license, licence, certify; commission; validate, formalize, formalise
Broaderpermit, allow, let, countenance
Nounspass
pass > verb 25, change
MeaningPass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsdie, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire
Caused bykill
Entailed byleave, leave behind
Narrowersuffocate, stifle, asphyxiate; buy it, pip out; drown; kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it; predecease; starve, famish; fall; succumb, yield
Broaderchange state, turn
Contrarybe born
Similar tofail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down; die
Nounspassing
pass > verb 26, body
MeaningEliminate from the body.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"Pass a kidney stone"
Synonymsexcrete, egest, eliminate
Narrowersweat, sudate, perspire; exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze; make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water; urinate; evacuate, void, empty; stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make; vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
Broaderdischarge, expel, eject, release
Nounspassing

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