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Pass (Verb)

Meaning¹

Go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Meaning²

Place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers".

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Meaning³

Go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

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Meaning⁴

Throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed".

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Meaning⁵

Grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography".

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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

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Pass (noun)

Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102".

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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

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Passing (noun)

Meaning⁷

Pass by; "three years elapsed".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

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Fell
Fly

Meaning⁸

Allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

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Allow
Permit

Meaning⁹

Accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

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Fail

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Meaning¹⁰

Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important".

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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

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Meaning¹¹

Move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Examples

The bike passed a group of pedestrians on the sidewalk.
A stray dog quickly passed by the little girl playing outside.
As she was walking to her car, she passed the new coffee shop that had just opened.
When he came back from his break, he passed his colleagues on the way back to his desk.
The woman passed the tall man on the stairs as they walked in opposite directions.

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Passer (noun)

Meaning¹²

Use up a period of time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

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Spend

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Meaning¹³

Pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Meaning¹⁴

Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

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Passing (noun)

Meaning¹⁵

Travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

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Meaning¹⁶

Go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind".

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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

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Pass Over (verb)

Meaning¹⁷

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets".

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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

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Meaning¹⁸

Be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year".

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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

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Meaning¹⁹

Be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead".

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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

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Light
Fall

Meaning²⁰

Transmit information; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

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Meaning²¹

Pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers".

Rub
Thread

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Meaning²²

Disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off".

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Passing (noun)

Meaning²³

Transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Examples

The ownership of the company will pass to the daughter after her father's retirement.
When he died, the title to the property passed to his nephew.
The new law passed the responsibility of enforcing environmental regulations to local authorities.
The stock in the family business would pass to the eldest son once his parents retired.
After her grandmother's passing, the family heirloom passed to her as the next in line.