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Quick definitions from WordNet (pass)
▸ noun: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team ("The pass was fumbled")
▸ noun: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target ("The plane turned to make a second pass")
▸ noun: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate ("The coach sent in a passing play on third and long")
▸ noun: a complementary (free) ticket ("The start got passes for his family")
▸ noun: a permit to enter or leave a military installation ("He had to show his pass in order to get out")
▸ noun: a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions ("The media representatives had special passes")
▸ noun: any authorization to pass or go somewhere ("The pass to visit had a strict time limit")
▸ noun: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer) ("It was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass")
▸ noun: a difficult juncture ("A pretty pass")
▸ noun: the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks ("We got through the pass before it started to snow")
▸ noun: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
▸ noun: (military) a written leave of absence ("He had a pass for three days")
▸ noun: success in satisfying a test or requirement ("His future depended on his passing that test")
▸ noun: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
▸ noun: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
▸ noun: a usually brief attempt
▸ verb: travel past ("The sports car passed all the trucks")
▸ verb: go across or through ("We passed the point where the police car had parked")
▸ verb: cause to pass ("She passed around the plates")
▸ verb: transfer to another; of rights or property ("Our house passed under his official control")
▸ verb: place into the hands or custody of
▸ verb: throw (a ball) to another player ("Smith passed")
▸ verb: allow to go without comment or censure ("The insult passed as if unnoticed")
▸ verb: go unchallenged; be approved
▸ verb: accept or judge as acceptable ("The teacher passed the student although he was weak")
▸ verb: go successfully through a test or a selection process ("She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now")
▸ verb: be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background ("He could pass as his twin brother")
▸ verb: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation ("They passed the amendment")
▸ verb: pass (time) in a specific way
▸ verb: pass into a specified state or condition
▸ verb: pass by
▸ verb: be inherited by
▸ verb: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
▸ verb: transmit information
▸ verb: grant authorization or clearance for
▸ verb: go beyond
▸ verb: eliminate from the body ("Pass a kidney stone")
▸ verb: guide or pass over something
▸ verb: pass by ("A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window")
▸ verb: come to pass
▸ verb: disappear gradually ("The pain eventually passed off")
▸ verb: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #6528)
▸ Also see passs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to pass
▸ Usage examples for pass
▸ Idioms related to pass (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing pass
▸ Words that often appear near pass
▸ Rhymes of pass
▸ Invented words related to pass
▸ noun: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team ("The pass was fumbled")
▸ noun: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target ("The plane turned to make a second pass")
▸ noun: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate ("The coach sent in a passing play on third and long")
▸ noun: a complementary (free) ticket ("The start got passes for his family")
▸ noun: a permit to enter or leave a military installation ("He had to show his pass in order to get out")
▸ noun: a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions ("The media representatives had special passes")
▸ noun: any authorization to pass or go somewhere ("The pass to visit had a strict time limit")
▸ noun: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer) ("It was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass")
▸ noun: a difficult juncture ("A pretty pass")
▸ noun: the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks ("We got through the pass before it started to snow")
▸ noun: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
▸ noun: (military) a written leave of absence ("He had a pass for three days")
▸ noun: success in satisfying a test or requirement ("His future depended on his passing that test")
▸ noun: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
▸ noun: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
▸ noun: a usually brief attempt
▸ verb: travel past ("The sports car passed all the trucks")
▸ verb: go across or through ("We passed the point where the police car had parked")
▸ verb: cause to pass ("She passed around the plates")
▸ verb: transfer to another; of rights or property ("Our house passed under his official control")
▸ verb: place into the hands or custody of
▸ verb: throw (a ball) to another player ("Smith passed")
▸ verb: allow to go without comment or censure ("The insult passed as if unnoticed")
▸ verb: go unchallenged; be approved
▸ verb: accept or judge as acceptable ("The teacher passed the student although he was weak")
▸ verb: go successfully through a test or a selection process ("She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now")
▸ verb: be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background ("He could pass as his twin brother")
▸ verb: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation ("They passed the amendment")
▸ verb: pass (time) in a specific way
▸ verb: pass into a specified state or condition
▸ verb: pass by
▸ verb: be inherited by
▸ verb: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
▸ verb: transmit information
▸ verb: grant authorization or clearance for
▸ verb: go beyond
▸ verb: eliminate from the body ("Pass a kidney stone")
▸ verb: guide or pass over something
▸ verb: pass by ("A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window")
▸ verb: come to pass
▸ verb: disappear gradually ("The pain eventually passed off")
▸ verb: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #6528)
▸ Also see passs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to pass
▸ Usage examples for pass
▸ Idioms related to pass (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing pass
▸ Words that often appear near pass
▸ Rhymes of pass
▸ Invented words related to pass