to pass
- verb
- /pæs/
- In the race, the runners had to pass through several checkpoints.
- pass through a door
- pass a car
- pass through a gate
People were not allowed to pass freely through campus.
- People were not allowed to pass freely through campus.
- She'd open the envelope and he had passed by like a whisker.
- And my kid has to pass through that every day.
- So, Einstein reasoned, light must also bend when it passes a large mass.
- So I'll stop there and we'll pass to the next phase of this outing.
- And then as I pass her, she goes, Max grabs my own.
- I'm I'm on the road a lot and you know, you pass comedians at the airport.
- Smoke rises, wisps and furs passed an absent ceiling.
- Coplanar means that if there are three vectors, you can pass a plane through them.
- I went in there as I'm passing Sakrish table.
Examples
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Suddenly she passes right in front of me.
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People were not allowed to pass freely through campus.
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And my kid has to pass through that every day.
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I pass this guy every day on my way to work.
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Anyone wishing to pass north to south had little choice as to his route.
Academic text (2012) -
On the walk to the Belvedere, we passed the house where Galileo lived.
Academic text (1999) -
I've needed to pee since we passed the Eiffel Tower.
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Easterly winds bring precipitation as low-pressure systems pass over open water in the Ross Sea.
Academic text (1999) -
Every morning, I pass through the park on my way to work.
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As the train prepared to leave, we saw it pass through the tunnel.
Synonyms
To go across something from one side to the other
Go past someone or something without stopping
To move past someone or something
Move across something like a river or mountain
Pass from one point to another during a journey or process
To go past something on foot without stopping
Move from one side to the other, for example across a road or river
To go over or past something without touching it
To move through something from one side to the other
To catch up with and pass someone moving ahead of you
To move across a place, often above the ground
To go around something to get to the other side
Move by someone or something without stopping
To move past something while in the air
To move across an enemy line to reach the other side
Move past someone to go in front
To go through a place like a park to make a shorter route
To move people or goods through a place on the way to another
Idioms
- Informal
To give responsibility or control to another person during a planned change
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
Send a value or setting from a main part of a program to its smaller parts
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
- 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
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
- Jargon
A short forward pass to a player running toward the sideline in American football
- Jargon
A pass that goes sideways or backward instead of forward in American football
- Specialized
An electronic part that lets high sounds pass and reduces low sounds
- Specialized
A setting that lets signals or data pass through unchanged to another device
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, meaning 'to step' or 'go by'. To pass something is to move past or go beyond it, just like taking a step past an object.