Dictionary Entry
pass
pass is a 4-letter English word with 81 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 81 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc.
- 2intransitive verb
To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands.
- 3intransitive verb
To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die.
- 4intransitive verb
To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily.
- 5intransitive verb
To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.
- 6intransitive verb
To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation.
- 7intransitive verb
To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.
- 8intransitive verb
To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
- 9intransitive verb
To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.
- 10intransitive verb
To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
- 11intransitive verb
To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
- 12intransitive verb
To take heed; to care.
- 13intransitive verb
To go through the intestines.
- 14intransitive verb
To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.
- 15intransitive verb
To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
- 16intransitive verb
To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- 17intransitive verb
In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.
- 18transitive verb
To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc.
- 19transitive verb
To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- 20transitive verb
To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- 21transitive verb
To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- 22transitive verb
To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.
- 23transitive verb
To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand.
- 24transitive verb
To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.
- 25transitive verb
To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law.
- 26transitive verb
To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money.
- 27transitive verb
To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad.
- 28transitive verb
To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.
- 29transitive verb
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- 30transitive verb
To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.
- 31intransitive verb
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass.
- 32intransitive verb
A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- 33intransitive verb
A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
- 34intransitive verb
A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.
- 35intransitive verb
State of things; condition; predicament.
- 36intransitive verb
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.
- 37intransitive verb
Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
- 38intransitive verb
Estimation; character.
- 39intransitive verb
A part; a division.
- 40noun
success in satisfying a test or requirement
"his future depended on his passing that test"
"he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
Synonyms
- 41noun
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
"the pass was fumbled"
- 42noun
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
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- 43noun
a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
"the plane turned to make a second pass"
- 44noun
(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"
Synonyms
- 45noun
a usually brief attempt
"he took a crack at it"
"I gave it a whirl"
- 46noun
a complimentary ticket
"the star got passes for his family"
- 47noun
a permit to enter or leave a military installation
"he had to show his pass in order to get out"
- 48noun
a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
"the media representatives had special passes"
- 49noun
any authorization to pass or go somewhere
"the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
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- 50noun
you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
"he had a bye in the first round"
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- 51noun
one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
"it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
- 52noun
a difficult juncture
"a pretty pass"
"matters came to a head yesterday"
- 53noun
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"
Synonyms
- 54noun
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- 55noun
(military) a written leave of absence
"he had a pass for three days"
- 56verb
eliminate from the body
"Pass a kidney stone"
- 57verb
come to pass
"What is happening?"
"The meeting took place off without an incidence"
- 58verb
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"
- 59verb
disappear gradually
"The pain eventually passed off"
- 60verb
transmit information
"Please communicate this message to all employees"
"pass along the good news"
Synonyms
- 61verb
grant authorization or clearance for
"Clear the manuscript for publication"
"The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
- 62verb
pass over, across, or through
"He ran his eyes over her body"
"She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"
- 63verb
pass into a specified state or condition
"He sank into nirvana"
- 64verb
travel past
"The sports car passed all the trucks"
- 65verb
go across or through
"We passed the point where the police car had parked"
"A terrible thought went through his mind"
- 66verb
move past
"A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"
"He passed his professor in the hall"
Synonyms
- 67verb
cause to pass
"She passed around the plates"
- 68verb
pass by
"three years elapsed"
- 69verb
transfer to another; of rights or property
"Our house passed under his official control"
- 70verb
be inherited by
"The estate fell to my sister"
"The land returned to the family"
- 71verb
place into the hands or custody of
"hand me the spoon, please"
"Turn the files over to me, please"
- 72verb
throw (a ball) to another player
"Smith passed"
- 73verb
allow to go without comment or censure
"the insult passed as if unnoticed"
- 74verb
make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
"They passed the amendment"
"We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
Synonyms
- 75verb
go unchallenged; be approved
"The bill cleared the House"
Synonyms
- 76verb
accept or judge as acceptable
"The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
- 77verb
go successfully through a test or a selection process
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
- 78verb
be superior or better than some standard
"She exceeded our expectations"
"She topped her performance of last year"
- 79verb
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"
- 80verb
pass time in a specific way
"how are you spending your summer vacation?"
Synonyms
- 81adjective
of advancing the ball by throwing it
"a team with a good passing attack"
"a pass play"
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