pass
- noun
- /pæs/
- All confirmed passengers with boarding passes must board at this time.
- a bus pass
- a boarding pass
- a day pass
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Examples
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Here is your pass, sir.
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My friends have gotten us passes so we can get through the lines.
Fiction book (1994) -
Please have your boarding pass ready.
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Downstairs, she threw her visitor's pass on the security table and walked out.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm sorry, but without a boarding pass we can't let you on the plane.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the stockade gate, the guard checked his pass and waved him inside.
Fiction book (1994) -
We inserted our visitor's passes into a turnstile and followed a long corridor to an elevator.
Fiction book (1994) -
Please have your pass ready before entering the security checkpoint.
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I was just lucky to get a three-day pass to come home to see you.
Synonyms
A printed or electronic pass for entering events and travel
Official permission to enter a place or take an action
A paper or digital ticket that lets a passenger get on a plane
A written note from a teacher that allows a student to leave class and go into the hallway
A ticket that lets someone enter a place without paying
An official document that lets a person travel or enter restricted areas
A digital code on a device that lets you sign into an account
An official paper or card that lets you go into a place
Official paper that lets military people leave or return to a base
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To give responsibility or control to another person during a planned change
Compounds
- Informal
An excuse that lets someone avoid rules or blame because of their position
- US
A written note from a teacher that allows a student to leave class and go into the hallway
A narrow mountain route between Pakistan and Afghanistan used for trade and army movements
- NSFW
A high mountain pass near Lake Tahoe where trapped pioneers ate human flesh to survive
- Specialized
A setting that lets signals or data pass through unchanged to another device
- Specialized
A device that lets slow changes in signals pass and reduces fast changes
- NSFW
Permission from a partner to be romantic or sexual with someone outside the relationship
A mountain road through the Alps that links Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy
- Specialized
An electronic part that lets high sounds pass and reduces low sounds
- Jargon
A pass that goes sideways or backward instead of forward in American football
- Jargon
A short forward pass to a player running toward the sideline in American football
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, which mean 'a step' or 'to go across'. A pass (ticket or permit) is something that lets you 'go through' a place, so the idea of stepping across helps explain its meaning.