to pass
- verb
- /pæs/
- That crazy moment has passed.
- time has passed
- the moment has passed
- years passed
Consequently his being passes over into having been.
- Consequently his being passes over into having been.
- So when this passes, what are the opportunities?
- And that has passed into modern Western cultures.
- They're general principles that do not depend on trends because trends will pass, Timeless style remains.
- And then we come down and calm down or the moment passes and we don't hurt someone else.
- May I know if I just sit still for a moment, it'll pass, right?
Examples
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Meteorologists have today announced the worst of the extreme storms have finally passed.
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However, once the immediate crisis has passed, men begin to experience symptoms of stress.
Academic text (1993) -
A month has passed and nothing has changed.
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As years passed and the wall grew, few returned home.
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So when this passes, what are the opportunities?
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Just let the emotions pass before I communicate or I make a decision.
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Every hour that passes, the weaker we get.
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The nature of psychological pain is that it passes fairly quickly.
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By 1910, this episode in Sloan's work had largely passed, and things had changed significantly for him.
Academic text (2011) -
As the storm finally passed, the sun began to shine once again.
Synonyms
To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud
To become less serious or be forgotten over time
To gradually fade away
To disappear slowly like mist
To become less strong over time
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, meaning 'to move across' or 'go into'. To pass into a new state means to move from one condition to another, which explains uses like 'pass into darkness' or 'peaceful sleep'.