pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑːs/
ipa: [pʰɑːs]
ipa: [pʰäːs]
ipa: [pʰɐːs]
ipa: [pʰaːs]
ipa: /pæs/
ipa: [pʰæs]
ipa: [pʰɛəs]
ipa: [pʰeəs]
ipa: [pʰas]
ipa: [pʰæs]
ipa: [pʰäs]
ipa: [pʰeə̯s]
rhymes: -æs
rhymes: -ɑːs
Forms: form: passes
Etymology: From Middle English pas, pase, pace, from passen (“to pass”).
Senses: examples: text: mountain pass
text: "Try not the Pass!" the old man said; / "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, / The roaring torrent is deep and wide!" / And loud that clarion voice replied / Excelsior!
ref: 1841 September 28 (date written), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[Miscellaneous.] Excelsior.”, in Ballads and Other Poems, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1842, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 130:
text: Followed two more weeks of marching,—rougher marching this time,—through the core of the lofty mountains that divide India from Central Asia; across the terrible Depsang Plains, seventeen thousand feet up; and over four passes choked with snow; till they came upon a deserted fort, set in the midst of stark space, and knew that here, indeed, was the limit of human habitation. Next day the work of exploration had begun in earnest.
ref: 1910, Maud Diver, “The Valley of Decision”, in The Great Amulet, New York: John Lane Company, →OCLC, page 368:
synonyms: gap
notch
glosses: An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
examples: text: the passes of the Mississippi
glosses: A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
examples: text: [The bear] made a pass at the dog, but he swung out and above him […]
ref: 1921, John Griffin, "Trailing the Grizzly in Oregon", in Forest and Stream, pages 389-391 and 421-424, republished by Jeanette Prodgers in 1997 in The Only Good Bear is a Dead Bear, page 35
glosses: A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
synonyms: transit
glosses: A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
examples: text: My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.
glosses: An attempt.
examples: text: The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.
glosses: An attempt.
A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
synonyms: proposition
come-on
examples: text: I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.
glosses: Success in an examination or similar test.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
synonyms: thrust
glosses: A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
glosses: A thrust; a sally of wit.
examples: text: Everyone in the football stadium expected a pass play on third down.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
antonyms: meet
glosses: A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
examples: text: A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.
ref: 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law:
synonyms: access
admission
entry
glosses: Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
examples: text: a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass
glosses: A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
examples: text: Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An intentional walk.
examples: text: Albon made hard work of the result. Starting fourth, he dropped back to seventh at the second start and had to fight his way back up, which he did with some excellent passes.
ref: 2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
examples: text: England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late,
That rich men triumph to ſee the poore beg at their gate.
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
text: What, have his daughters brought him to this pass?
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
text: Matters have been brought to this pass, that, if one among a man's sons had any blemish, he laid him aside for the ministry...
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
text: "What with Robert strolling out with publicans' daughters, and you having affairs with bicycle-shop keepers, the family is coming to a pretty pass."
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 187:
synonyms: condition
predicament
state
glosses: The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
examples: text: This passes, Master Ford.
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
glosses: Estimation; character.
examples: text: The finished dishes are placed on the pass ready to be collected by the waiter.
ref: 2017, Fred Sirieix, Secret Service: Lifting the lid on the restaurant world:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
examples: text: A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place.
glosses: An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
examples: text: Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: Arthur's Pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: backpass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: back pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: back-pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: backstage pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: backward pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: bandpass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: band-pass
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word: battle pass
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word: Bernina Pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: boarding pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: bring to pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: bus pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: bypass
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word: by-pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: Chavez Pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: chest pass
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word: come to pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: coupon pass
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word: Crowsnest Pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: cut off at the pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: drop pass
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word: dry pass
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word: Eagle Pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: fish pass
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word: flare pass
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word: flat pass
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word: footpass
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word: forward pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: free pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: ghetto pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: green pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: Hail Mary pass
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word: half-pass
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word: hallpass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: hall pass
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word: hand pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: handpass
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word: hard pass
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word: head off at the pass
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word: hey pass
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word: high-pass
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word: highpass
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word: hospital pass
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word: inbounds pass
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word: incomplete pass
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word: Independence Pass
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word: intentional pass
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word: jump pass
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word: Kicking Horse Pass
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word: kitchen pass
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word: late pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: lateral pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: lead pass
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word: lift pass
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word: lowpass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: low-pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: make a pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: make the passes
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word: mountain pass
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word: multi-pass
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word: N-word pass
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word: Oberalp Pass
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word: outlet pass
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word: overpass
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word: pass/no pass
sense: Terms derived from pass (noun)
word: passband
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word: pass boat
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word: passbook
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word: pass book
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word: pass box
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word: pass by reference
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word: pass by value
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word: passcard
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word: pass check
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word: passcode
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word: pass current
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word: pass degree
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word: pass-fail
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word: passgrip
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word: pass grip
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word: passholder
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word: passholding
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word: passimeter
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word: passkey
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word: pass law
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word: passless
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word: passman
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word: Pass of Brander
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word: passoid
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word: passphrase
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word: pass-remarkable
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word: passroll
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word: pass rush
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word: pass rusher
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word: passthought
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word: pass transistor
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word: passwall
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word: passway
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word: penalty pass
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word: play-action pass
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word: portpass
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word: Poyntzpass
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word: prepass
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word: press pass
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word: pretty pass
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word: punishment pass
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word: Raton Pass
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word: return pass
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word: reverse pass
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word: ride pass
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word: saucer pass
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word: screen pass
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word: sea pass
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word: season pass
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word: sell the pass
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word: short pass
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word: side pass
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word: Snake Pass
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word: snap pass
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word: spiral pass
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word: spot pass
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word: stab pass
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word: star pass
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word: subpass
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word: suicide pass
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word: thoroughpass
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word: touchdown pass
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word: two-line pass
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word: underpass
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word: userpass
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word: wet pass
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word: Yellowhead Pass