to pass on
264
2.7
- phrasal verb
- /pæs ɑn/
- Tai mothers also appear to pass on their skills by actively teaching their offspring.
- pass on information
- pass on to generations
- pass on traditions
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Watch on YouTubeThe bank would own the shares but pass on their return to Archegos.
- The bank would own the shares but pass on their return to Archegos.
- You know, we're, we're training people to, to pass on a way of thinking.
- And you're meant to pass this on to others.
- That way, you know, we can pass on like the wealth.
- So over and over again that impact for good could be passed on and realized.
- But your parents may have passed on to you defective genes.
- He very much wished for his condolences to be passed on to New Zealand.
- But banks did not tend to pass these losses on to savers.
Examples
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It's important to pass on family traditions to the next generation.
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Yes, that is a good place to pass on the information to the chief.
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You know, we're, we're training people to, to pass on a way of thinking.
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Can you pass something on to the boys?
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How much of his brother's story did he pass on to his children?
Fiction book (1991) -
The question is, are you going to pass on your wealth to your kids?
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Countries all over the world still pass on knowledge through pictorial forms.
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The experience of our teachers must be passed on to our next generation of educators.
Academic text (1993) -
What lessons did you learn that you'd be able to pass on to listeners?
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Indigenous cultures have, for centuries, passed on stories and genealogies through songs and chants.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To hand something to someone, for example a present
∞
1.0
To tell someone about your thoughts, feelings or experiences
∞
1.0
To give something to someone
∞
1.0
To give something to another person
749
2.3
Share information, ideas, or feelings with someone
490
2.0
Hand something to someone without asking for money
392
3.2
Give a person or thing to someone else to look after
380
2.8
Give something to someone because you have to
240
3.7
To send something from one thing to another, for example a message or disease
217
2.3
To hand things to several people
140
2.0
Give things to several people or places
111
2.0
Send sound or information from one place to another
98
3.9
To spread information or documents among people
93
3.5
To receive and then pass on a message or signal
93
2.5
Give news, a message, or something you received to another person
54
2.1
Hand something to each person in a group
47
3.7
Give responsibility, control, or an object to another person
42
3.0
To hand someone or something to another person, an authority
36
4.3
To teach knowledge or skills to someone
34
3.6
Give objects, knowledge, or traditions to younger people in your family
9
4.1
Give responsibility for your job to the person who will replace you
9
3.2
Give a copy of something to each person in a group, for example by email
6
3.5
To give responsibility or control to another person during a planned change
4
5.5
To officially give property or rights to someone
Antonyms
How Direct
435
3.2
380
2.8
264
2.7
93
3.5
46
3.7
223
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
pass + on
The sense 'to convey/relay' is directly derivable from 'pass' (give/hand) + 'on' (forward), so a learner who knows the constituents would likely infer that meaning. However, the common use 'I will pass on the dessert' meaning 'I will decline' is a pragmatic/idiomatic extension that is not fully predictable from the parts, so the item is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Pass on comes from the simple image of people handing something along a line: you pass an object on to the next person so it moves forward. That's why it means 'to give or transfer' something to someone else.