pass

Meanings

Noun

• (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
• (military) a written leave of absence
  • "he had a pass for three days"
• (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"
• 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"
• any authorization to pass or go somewhere
  • "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
• a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
  • "the media representatives had special passes"
• a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
  • "the plane turned to make a second pass"
• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
• a difficult juncture
  • "a pretty pass"
• one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
  • "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
• you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
• a permit to enter or leave a military installation
  • "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
• a complimentary ticket
  • "the star got passes for his family"
• a usually brief attempt
• (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
  • "the pass was fumbled"
• success in satisfying a test or requirement
  • "his future depended on his passing that test"
  • "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
• (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)

Verb

• go across or through
  • "We passed the point where the police car had parked"
• 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"
• make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
  • "They passed the amendment"
• pass by
• place into the hands or custody of
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
• travel past
  • "The sports car passed all the trucks"
• come to pass
• go unchallenged; be approved
• pass time in a specific way
• pass over, across, or through
• transmit information
  • "pass along the good news"
• disappear gradually
  • "The pain eventually passed off"
• go successfully through a test or a selection process
  • "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
• be superior or better than some standard
• accept or judge as acceptable
  • "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
• allow to go without comment or censure
  • "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
• transfer to another; of rights or property
  • "Our house passed under his official control"
• pass into a specified state or condition
• throw (a ball) to another player
  • "Smith passed"
• be inherited by
• cause to pass
  • "She passed around the plates"
• grant authorization or clearance for
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• eliminate from the body
  • "Pass a kidney stone"

Adjective

• of advancing the ball by throwing it
  • "a team with a good passing attack"
  • "a pass play"

Synonyms

authorise, authorize, base on balls, blow over, buy the farm, bye, cash in one's chips, choke, clear, come about, communicate, conk, crack, croak, decease, devolve, die, draw, drop dead, egest, elapse, eliminate, evanesce, exceed, excrete, exit, expire, extend, fade, fall, fall out, fleet, fling, flip, give, give-up the ghost, glide by, go, go across, go along, go by, go on, go past, go through, guide, hand, hap, happen, head, kick the bucket, laissez passer, lapse, lead, legislate, liberty chit, make it, make pass, mountain pass, notch, occur, offer, overhaul, overstep, overtake, pas, pass along, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, passing, passing game, passing play, passport, perish, pop off, put across, qualifying, reach, return, run, sink, slide by, slip away, slip by, snuff it, spend, strait, straits, surpass, take place, top, toss, transcend, travel by, turn over, walk, whirl

Antonyms

be born, fail, failing, running