pass

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To change place.
2. (transitive) To change place.
3. (ditransitive) To change place.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To change place.
5. (transitive) To change place.
6. (transitive) To change place.
7. (transitive) To change place.
8. (intransitive) To change place.
9. (intransitive) To change place.
10. (intransitive) To change place.
11. (transitive) To change place.
12. (transitive) To change place.
13. (transitive) To change place.
14. (intransitive) To change in state or status
15. (intransitive) To change in state or status
16. (intransitive) To change in state or status
17. (intransitive, transitive) To change in state or status
18. (intransitive, transitive) To change in state or status
19. (intransitive) To change in state or status
20. (transitive) To change in state or status
21. (intransitive) To change in state or status
22. (transitive) To change in state or status
23. (intransitive) To change in state or status
24. (intransitive) To move through time.
25. (transitive) To move through time.
26. (transitive) To move through time.
27. (intransitive) To move through time.
28. (intransitive) To move through time.
29. (transitive) To move through time.
30. (intransitive) To move through time.
31. (intransitive, stative) To be accepted.
32. (intransitive, stative) To be accepted.
33. (intransitive) To refrain from doing something.
34. (transitive) To refrain from doing something.
35. (intransitive) To refrain from doing something.
36. (intransitive) To refrain from doing something.
37. (intransitive) To refrain from doing something.
38. (intransitive, obsolete) To do or be better.
39. (transitive) To do or be better.
40. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed, to have an interest, to care.

Noun

1. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
2. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
3. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
4. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
5. An attempt.
6. An attempt.
7. Success in an examination or similar test.
8. A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
9. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
10. The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
11. A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
12. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
13. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
14. An intentional walk.
15. The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
16. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
17. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
18. The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
19. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
20. A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.

Noun

A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

Opposite of

meet

Synonyms

cross

elapse

go

spend

pass by

go by

go past

passage

surpass

overtake

hand

✋

go through

move

give

pass through

exceed

permit

hand over

go beyond

mountain pass

walk

🚶

passing

outstrip

convey

lapse

reach

pass away

run

die

💀

go across

occur

happen

expire

pass on

decease

clear

notch

passport

exit

defile

perish

come

pass off

carry

proceed

turn

overstep

overhaul

croak

conk

Translations

passer

pasar

passare

passar

dépasser

paso

passar

donner

Pass

عبر

passieren

passe

مر

تجاوز

حدث

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɑːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: passen

Cognate with Old English: fæþm

Cognate with Old English: gengan

Inherited from Middle English: pas

In summary

From Middle English passen, from Old French passer (“to step, walk, pass”), from Vulgar Latin *passāre (“step, walk, pass”), derived from Latin passus (“a step”), from Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Old English fæþm (“armful, fathom”). More at fathom.
Displaced native Old English genġan.

Sentences

She did laugh as she saw Heathcliff pass the window .

The uptown and downtown express tracks pass over the loop , continuing south .