pass completion
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2.8
- noun
- /pæs kəmˈpliːʃən/
- Jargon
:
pase completado
- Even the pass completion rate—and team possession rates—is not terribly meaningful, much like a pitcher's ERA in baseball.
I think you had like the fourth highest pass completion pass frequency in the league from the centre half.
- I think you had like the fourth highest pass completion pass frequency in the league from the centre half.
Examples
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NU outgained Iowa by 116 yards, had 15 more pass completions than Iowa had passing attempts, converted 16 third downs to Iowa's one third-down conversion, and had more scoring opportunities in the red zone.
Blog text (24) -
With a total of twenty pass completions this season, the team is on track for a playoff run.
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However, the Arizona defense held Sam Bradford to only seven pass completions.
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But here's the thing: he's still the Browns' all-time leader in pass completion percentage.
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Late in the game, Shaw led the Gamecocks downfield 77 yards on 11 plays via 7 pass completions for a touchdown to bring the game within 2 points.
Blog text (10) -
The quarterback celebrated after making ten successful pass completions in the game.
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His record of fifteen pass completions in the first half helped the team take the lead.
Synonyms
24
4.1
Catching a forward pass in American football
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3.5
In American football a forward pass that a teammate catches to move the ball forward
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'pass' (an act of sending the ball) combined with 'completion' (the act of completing) yields the act of successfully completing a pass. This straightforward noun+noun/nominalized construction follows ordinary English composition patterns and is cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun pass completion comes from the simple image of a pass, a player throwing the ball, being caught by a teammate, which is the completion of the play. So a pass completion means a 'successful forward pass' where the catch finishes the play.