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    pass
    [pas]
    verb
    passes (third person present)
    1. move or cause to move in a specified direction:
      "he passed through towns and villages" · "he passed a weary hand across his forehead" · "pass an electric current through it" · "the shells from the Allied guns were passing very low overhead"
      • change from one state or condition to another:
        "homes that have passed from public to private ownership"
      • euphemistic
        die (used euphemistically):
        "his father had passed to the afterlife"
    2. go past or across; leave behind or on one side in proceeding:
      "the two vehicles had no room to pass each other" · "we will not let you pass" · "she passed a rest area with a pay phone"
      • go beyond the limits of; surpass or exceed:
        "this item has passed its sell-by date"
      • tennis
        hit a winning shot past (an opponent).
    3. (of time or a point in time) elapse; go by:
      "the day and night passed slowly" · "the moment had passed"
      • spend or use up (a period of time):
        "this was how they passed the time"
      • come to an end:
        "the danger had passed"
      • happen; be done or said:
        "not another word passed between them" · "this fact has passed almost unnoticed"
    4. transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series:
      "your letter has been passed to Mr. Rich for action" · "he passed her a cup" · "please pass the fish"
      • be transferred from one person or place to another, especially by inheritance:
        "if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband" · "infections can pass from mother to child at birth"
      • (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) throw, kick, or hit (the ball or puck) to another player on one's own team:
        "his intent was to pass the ball forward rather than knock it back"
      • put (something, especially money) into circulation:
        "persons who have passed bad checks"
      • (especially of money) circulate; be current:
        "cash was passing briskly"
    5. (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course):
      "she passed her driving test"
      • judge the performance or standard of (someone or something) to be satisfactory:
        "he was passed fit by army doctors"
      • be accepted as adequate; go uncensured:
        "she couldn't agree, but let it pass" · "her rather revealing dress passed without comment"
    6. (of a legislative or other official body) approve or put into effect (a proposal or law) by voting on it:
      "the bill was passed despite fierce opposition"
      • (of a proposal or law) be examined and approved by (a legislative body or process):
        "the Bill passed by 164 votes to 107"
    7. pronounce (a judgment or judicial sentence):
      "passing judgment on these crucial issues" · "it is now my duty to pass sentence upon you"
      • utter (something, especially criticism):
        "she would pass remarks about the Paxtons in their own house"
      • archaic
        adjudicate or give a judgment on a matter:
        "a jury could not be trusted to pass upon the question of Endicott's good faith"
    8. discharge (something, especially urine or feces) from the body:
      "frequency of passing urine"
    9. forgo one's turn in a game or an offered opportunity:
      "we pass on dessert and have coffee"
      • (of a company) not declare or pay (a dividend):
        "the company has already passed its interim dividend"
      • bridge
        make no bid when it is one's turn during an auction:
        "South bids 1NT. North passes"
    noun
    passes (plural noun)
    1. an act or instance of moving past or through something:
      "repeated passes with the swipe card" · "an unmarked plane had been making passes over his house"
      • an act of passing the hands over anything, as in conjuring or hypnotism.
      • a thrust in fencing.
      • a juggling trick.
      • bridge
        an act of refraining from bidding during the auction.
      • computing
        a single scan through a set of data or a program.
    2. a successful completion of an examination or course:
      "a 100 percent pass rate"
      • US ENGLISH
        the grade indicating the successful completion of an examination or course.
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        an achievement of a university degree without honors:
        "a pass degree"
    3. a card, ticket, or permit giving authorization for the holder to enter or have access to a place, form of transportation, or event:
      "a bus pass" · "you could only get in with a pass"
      • toleration of bad behavior or poor performance:
        "businesses should not get a pass to be reckless" · "that doesn't give him a pass to say things without reproach"
      • historical
        (in South Africa) an identity book that Black people had to carry between 1952 and 1986, used to limit the movement of Black people to urban areas.
    4. (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) an act of throwing, kicking, or hitting the ball or puck to another player on the same team:
      "his cross-field pass to Giggs"
    5. informal
      an amorous or sexual advance made to someone:
      "she made a pass at Stephen"
    6. US ENGLISH
      informal
      a rejection or dismissal:
      "those who don't like oily food may want to give this a pass" · "I took a pass on his request for help"
    7. a state or situation of a specified, usually bad or difficult, nature:
      "things came to such a pass that these gentlemen sat coldly at the meetings not daring to speak out freely and honestly" · "this is a sad pass for a fixture that used to crackle with excitement"
    8. bridge
      an act of refraining from bidding during the auction.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French passer, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.
    pass
    [pas]
    noun
    passes (plural noun)
    1. a route over or through mountains:
      "the pass over the mountain was open again after the snows" · "the Khyber Pass"
      • a passage for fish over or past a weir or dam:
        "a program to build salmon passes at weirs and other obstacles"
      • US ENGLISH
        a navigable channel, especially at the mouth of a river:
        "Sabine Pass"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘division of a text, passage through’): variant of pace, influenced by pass and French pas.
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    verb
    1. move or cause to move in a specified direction:
      Opposite:
    2. (of time or a point in time) elapse; go by:
    3. transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series:
    4. (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course):
      be successful in
      succeed in
      gain a pass in
      meet the requirements of
      pass muster in
      Opposite:
      • pronounce (a judgment or judicial sentence):
        • discharge (something, especially urine or feces) from the body:
        noun
        1. a card, ticket, or permit giving authorization for the holder to enter or have access to a place, form of transportation, or event:
          • (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) an act of throwing, kicking, or hitting the ball or puck to another player on the same team:
          • an amorous or sexual advance made to someone:
            make sexual advances to
            make advances to
            make sexual overtures to
            make a sexual approach to
            make love to
          • a state or situation of a specified, usually bad or difficult, nature:
            reach a regrettable/bad state (of affairs)
            be in a worrying state
            be in a sad plight
            be in troubled circumstances
            be in dire straits
           
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