to pass
- verb
- /pæs/
- Can you pass me my purse underneath there?
- pass on information
- pass on knowledge
- pass a message
And I'm saying so passing this food to me.
- And I'm saying so passing this food to me.
- We've always been here to give this, pass this along.
- He's like Kyle passing you the torch, man, don't fuck it up.
- Now, the more you have, you're going to pass to the nature.
Examples
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I read the manuscript and passed it to Louis for use in his display.
Academic text (2011) -
Would you just pass me a few?
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So they had some kind of way to pass information.
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I will be sure to pass that on.
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And how can we pass this knowledge to our computers?
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Pass it on to your poor old father.
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In addition, recipients were encouraged to pass the invitation along to other SLPs.
Academic text (2013) -
At the church preschool, the teachers focused on the basics needed to pass the interviews.
Academic text (2012) -
Scarr had sent me a copy of this letter, which I passed on to Hearnshaw.
Academic text (1991) -
Could you please pass the salt during dinner?
Synonyms
To hand something to someone, for example a present
To give something to someone
Share information, ideas, or feelings with someone
Send sound or information from one place to another
To hand someone or something to another person, an authority
Give a person or thing to someone else to look after
To send something from one thing to another, for example a message or disease
To give something to another person, often information or a message
To receive and then pass on a message or signal
Give news, a message, or something you received to another person
To give things to people in a group, like papers or drinks
Hand something to each person in a group
Give something to a teacher or official for them to check
Make an idea or opinion clear so others understand
Give something back to the person who had it
Antonyms
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
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, meaning 'to move across' or 'go by'. To pass an item to someone is to move it across to them, like handing it over in one action.