- to move past; go by: Make sure to use your turn signal when you pass another car on the road.
- to let go without notice, action, remark, etc.; leave unconsidered; disregard; overlook: Pass chapter two and go on to chapter three.
- to omit the usual or regular payment of: The company decided to pass its dividend in the third quarter of the year.
- to cause or allow to go through or beyond a gate, barrier, etc.: The guard checked the identification papers and then passed the visitor.
- to go across or over (a stream, threshold, etc.); cross.
- to endure or undergo: They passed the worst night of their lives.
- to undergo or complete successfully: to pass an examination.
- to cause or permit to complete successfully (an investigation, examination, course of study, etc.): I am passing the whole class this term.
- to go beyond (a point, degree, stage, etc.); transcend; exceed; surpass.
- to cause to go or extend farther: to pass a rope through a hole.
- to cause to go, move, or march by: to pass troops in review.
- to allot to oneself (a portion of time); spend: He decided to pass a year abroad.
- to live through, utilize, or fill; occupy oneself during: How to pass the time?
- to cause to circulate or spread; disseminate: to pass rumors.
- to cause to be accepted or received: to pass a worthless check.
- to convey, transfer, or transmit; deliver (often followed by on): Pass this memo on after reading it.
- to convey from one person, hand, etc., to another: Please pass the salt.
- to pledge: to pass one's word of honor to remain loyal.
- to utter, pronounce, or speak: She passed a remark about every passerby.
- to cause to go through something, as a process or agency: to pass returning travelers through customs.
- to discharge or void from the body, as excrement or a kidney stone.
- to sanction or approve, especially by vote: Congress passed the bill.
- to obtain the approval or sanction of (a legislative body, committee, etc.), especially by a vote: The bill passed Congress on the second vote.
- to express or pronounce, as an opinion: to pass judgment without knowing the facts.
- to place legal title or interest in (another) by a conveyance, a will, or other transfer.
- (in feats of magic) to perform a pass on.
- to make a passing shot against (an opponent).
- to transfer (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (of a bullfighter) to provoke and guide the charge of (a bull) with the capa or especially the muleta.
- to go or move onward; proceed.
- to come to or toward, then go beyond: to pass by a shop;to pass through town.
- to go away; depart: The dizzy feeling will pass in a minute.
- to elapse or slip by; be spent: The day passed very quickly for him.
- to come to an end: The crisis soon passed.
- to die.
- to take place; happen; occur: What passed while I was on vacation?
- to go by or move past: The funeral procession passed slowly.
- to go about or circulate; be current.
- to serve as a marginally acceptable substitute: The facsimile isn't very good but it will pass.
- to live or be known as a member of a racial, religious, or ethnic group other than one's own, especially to live and be known as a white person although of Black ancestry: James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is about the life of a Black man who passes as white.
- to be perceived as a gender other than the one assigned at birth, especially as a cisgender member of one's self-identified gender: I'm not really comfortable using the women's restroom unless I'm certain I pass.
- to be perceived as a particular gender: I'm still at the stage of being excited when I pass as male.
- to be transferred or conveyed: The crown passed to the king's nephew.
- to be interchanged, as between two persons: Sharp words passed between them.
- to undergo transition or conversion: to pass from a solid to a liquid state.
- to go or get through a barrier, test, course of study, etc., successfully: Of the twenty who took the exam, only twelve passed.
- to go unheeded, unchallenged, or unremarked on: He decided to let the insult pass.
- to express or pronounce an opinion, judgment, verdict, etc. (usually followed by on or upon): Will you pass on the authenticity of this drawing?
- to be voided, as excrement or a kidney stone.
- to obtain the vote of approval or sanction of a legislative body, official committee, or the like: The new tax bill finally passed.
- Law.
- (of a member of an inquest or other deliberative body) to sit (usually followed by on or upon): to pass on a case of manslaughter.
- to adjudicate.
- to vest title or other legal interest in real or personal property in a new owner.
- to throw a ball from one person to another, as in a game of catch.
- to make a pass, as in football or ice hockey.
- Cards.
- to forgo one's opportunity to bid, play, etc.
- to throw in one's hand.
- to thrust or lunge.
- an act of passing.
- a narrow route across a relatively low notch or depression in a mountain barrier.
- a road, channel, or other way providing a means of passage, as through an obstructed region or other barrier.
- a navigable channel, as at the mouth or in the delta of a river.
- a permission or license to pass, go, come, or enter.
- Military.
- a military document granting the right to cross lines or to enter or leave a military or naval base or building.
- written authority given a soldier to leave a station or duty for a specified period of time.
- a free ticket or permit: two passes to a concert;a railroad pass.
- the transfer of a ball or puck from one teammate to another.
- base on balls.
- a thrust or lunge.
- a single movement, effort, maneuver, etc.: He made a pass at the control tower of the enemy airfield.
- a gesture, action, or remark that is intended to be sexually inviting; amorous overture.
- a jab or poke with the arm, especially one that misses its mark.
- one passage of a tool over work or one passage of work through a machine.
- the act or statement of not bidding or raising another bid: There have been two passes and now it's your bid.
- (in feats of magic)
- a passing of the hand over, along, or before anything.
- the transference or changing of objects by or as by sleight of hand; a manipulation, as of a juggler.
- a particular stage or state of affairs: The economic situation had come to a dreadful pass.
- the act of passing a university or school examination or course without honors or distinction.
- reference book (def. 2).
- a pase.
- a witty remark or thrust.
- an opening for delivering coal or ore to a lower level underground.
- to add (incurred extra costs or expenses) to the amount charged a client or customer: Airlines were passing along the sudden increase in fuel prices.
- pass away,
- to die: He passed away during the night.
- to cease; end: All this trouble will pass away.
- to be accepted as; be considered: material that passed for silk;The candidate could pass as Latino or Anglo, appealing to both constituencies.
- pass off,
- to present or offer (something) under false pretenses; dispose of deceptively: to pass off a spurious de Kooning on a gullible buyer.
- to cause to be accepted or received under a false identity: He passed himself off as a doctor.
- to cease gradually; end: The headache passed off in the late afternoon.
- to disregard or ignore.
- to continue to completion; occur: The meeting passed off without incident.
- to die: The patient passed on after a long illness.
- pass over,
- to disregard; ignore: Just pass over the first part of his letter.
- to fail to take notice of, consider, or choose: He was passed over for the promotion.
- to refuse or neglect to take advantage of; reject: The opportunity may not come again, so don't pass it up.
- to cause to happen; bring about: His wife's death brought to pass a change in his attitude toward religion.
- to occur; happen: Strange things came to pass.
- muster (def. 11).
- pass out, Informal.
- to lose consciousness; faint.
- to die; pass away.
- to distribute, especially individually by hand: to pass out discount coupons on a street corner.
- to walk or march out or through; leave or exit by means of: The graduates will pass out the center aisle after receiving their diplomas. Pass out this door and turn left.
- to be exempted or promoted from: Jerry passed out of freshman composition on the basis of his entering essay.
- U.S. jazz guitarist.
- passenger.
- passim.
- passive.
- to go onwards or move by or past (a person, thing, etc)
- to run, extend, or lead through, over, or across (a place)
- to go through or cause to go through (an obstacle or barrier)
- to move or cause to move onwards or over
- to go beyond or exceed
- to gain or cause to gain an adequate or required mark, grade, or rating in (an examination, course, etc)
- to elapse or allow to elapse
- to spend time amicably with someone, esp in chatting, with no particular purpose
- to take place or happen
- to speak or exchange or be spoken or exchanged
- to spread or cause to spread
- to transfer or exchange or be transferred or exchanged
- to undergo change or transition
- to transfer or be transferred by inheritance
- to agree to or sanction or to be agreed to or receive the sanction of a legislative body, person of authority, etc
- (of a legislative measure) to undergo (a procedural stage) and be agreed
- to pronounce or deliver (judgment, findings, etc)
- to go or allow to go without comment or censure
- to opt not to exercise a right, as by not answering a question or not making a bid or a play in card games
- to discharge (urine, faeces, etc) from the body
- to urinate
- to come to an end or disappear
- to be likely to be mistaken for or accepted as (someone or something else)
- (intr; foll by away, on, or over) a euphemism for die 1 (def. 1)
- to fail to declare (a dividend)
- (of a court, jury, etc) to sit in judgment; adjudicate
- to hit, kick, or throw (the ball) to another player
- to cause to happen
- to happen
- the act of passing
- a route through a range of mountains where the summit is lower or where there is a gap between peaks
- (capital as part of a name)
- a way through any difficult region
- a permit, licence, or authorization to do something without restriction
- a document allowing entry to and exit from a military installation
- a document authorizing leave of absence
- British
- the passing of a college or university examination to a satisfactory standard but not as high as honours
- (as modifier)
- a dive, sweep, or bombing or landing run by an aircraft
- a motion of the hand or of a wand as a prelude to or part of a conjuring trick
- an attempt, in words or action, to invite sexual intimacy (esp in the phrase make a pass at)
- a state of affairs or condition, esp a bad or difficult one (esp in the phrase a pretty pass)
- the transfer of a ball from one player to another
- a thrust or lunge with a sword
- the act of passing (making no bid)
- bullfighting a variant of pase
- a witty sally or remark
- a call indicating that a player has no bid to make
- passive