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to pass through

to pass through

44 2.8
To make a liquid or gas go through a filter
  • phrasal verb
  • /pæs θru/
translation icon : atravesar
  • Instead, light just passes through them, so they are really transparent and not dark.
  • light passes through
  • water passes through
  • pass through a filter

It moves and light which passes through it is bent.

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Examples

  • But it only has molecules that are small enough to pass through the filter.

  • The only things we pass through the Gate on a regular basis are radio waves.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Again, it allows the light to pass through the skin and reach that route much faster.

  • You must pass through each and every ring.

  • When the spacecraft passes through the gateway, space returns to normal.

  • The voices caused a shiver to pass through me, and I looked at my clock.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • In a few minutes, his pupil will dilate, allowing more light to pass through to the retina.

  • Since its inception in 1974, salary arbitration has seen hundreds of cases pass through litigation.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Now, ushers are passing through the aisles with donation baskets, so please, give all you can.

  • The air filter allows dust and allergens to pass through and cleans the air we breathe.

Synonyms

to filter
vsto pass through
138 3.0

To pass something through a device that removes unwanted parts

causes movement or forces removal via a medium rather than mere travel
to propagate
vsto pass through
  • Specialized
5 7.0

Travel through a material, for example sound or light

causes physical movement or filtering of matter rather than wave transmission
to transit
vsto pass through
3 4.2

To move people or goods through a place on the way to another

causes movement mainly to make something go across a space or area

Antonyms

3.0

To stop movement, access, or progress

How Much

to permeate
24 6.0
to pass through
44 2.8
to filter
138 3.0
to restrict
361 3.1
to block
3.0

Surface Forms

pass through infinitive
passed through past participle
passing through present participle
passes through third person singular

Morphology

pass + through

The meaning 'to move across or penetrate' is directly derived from 'pass' (to move or go beyond) combined with 'through' (moving from one side to the other); this motion/composition is literal and follows a common English verb + preposition pattern. Cross-linguistically and contextually (e.g., troops moving across lines) this construction is transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Pass through can also mean to make a material or liquid move across something, like pouring juice so it passes through a sieve or coffee going through a filter. That's why it means 'to cause something to move or be filtered through something else'.