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passed passed

Spelling: [past, pahst]

IPA: /pæst, pɑst/

Passed is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in passed (adepss).

Definitions for passed

noun

1. an act of passing.
2. a narrow route across a relatively low notch or depression in a mountain barrier.
3. a road, channel, or other way providing a means of passage, as through an obstructed region or other barrier.
4. a navigable channel, as at the mouth or in the delta of a river.
5. a permission or license to pass, go, come, or enter.
6. 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.
7. a free ticket or permit:
8. South African. reference book (def 2).
9. Chiefly British. the act of passing a university or school examination or course without honors or distinction.
10. Sports. the transfer of a ball or puck from one teammate to another.
11. Baseball. base on balls.
12. Fencing. a thrust or lunge.
13. a single movement, effort, maneuver, etc.:
14. Informal. 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.
15. Cards. the act or statement of not bidding or raising another bid:
16. 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.
17. a particular stage or state of affairs:
18. Bullfighting. a pase.
19. one passage of a tool over work or one passage of work through a machine.
20. Archaic. a witty remark or thrust.
21. Mining. an opening for delivering coal or ore to a lower level underground.

Idioms

1. bring to pass, to cause to happen; bring about:
2. come to pass, to occur; happen:
3. pass muster. muster (def 11).
4. pass out, Informal. to lose consciousness; faint. to die; pass away. to distribute, especially individually by hand: to walk or march out or through; leave or exit by means of: to be exempted or promoted from:

adjective

1. having completed the act of passing.
2. having received a passing grade on an examination or test or successfully completed a school course, year, or program of study.
3. Finance. noting a dividend not paid at the usual dividend date.
4. U.S. Navy. having successfully completed an examination for promotion, and awaiting a vacancy in the next grade:

Verb phrases

1. pass along/through, to add (incurred extra costs or expenses) to the amount charged a client or customer:
2. pass away, to cease; end: to die:
3. pass for/as, to be accepted as; be considered:
4. pass off, to present or offer (something) under false pretenses; dispose of deceptively: to cause to be accepted or received under a false identity: to cease gradually; end: to disregard or ignore. to continue to completion; occur:
5. pass on, to die:
6. pass over, to disregard; ignore: to fail to take notice of, consider, or choose:
7. pass up, to refuse or neglect to take advantage of; reject:

verb (used with object)

1. to move past; go by:
2. to let go without notice, action, remark, etc.; leave unconsidered; disregard; overlook:
3. to omit the usual or regular payment of:
4. to cause or allow to go through or beyond a gate, barrier, etc.:
5. to go across or over (a stream, threshold, etc.); cross.
6. to endure or undergo:
7. to undergo or complete successfully:
8. to cause or permit to complete successfully (an investigation, examination, course of study, etc.):
9. to go beyond (a point, degree, stage, etc.); transcend; exceed; surpass.
10. to cause to go or extend farther:
11. to cause to go, move, or march by:
12. to allot to oneself (a portion of time); spend:
13. to live through, utilize, or fill; occupy oneself during:
14. to cause to circulate or spread; disseminate:
15. to cause to be accepted or received:
16. to convey, transfer, or transmit; deliver (often followed by on):
17. to convey from one person, hand, etc., to another:
18. to pledge:
19. to utter, pronounce, or speak:
20. to cause to go through something, as a process or agency:
21. to discharge or void from the body, as excrement or a kidney stone.
22. to sanction or approve, especially by vote:
23. to obtain the approval or sanction of (a legislative body, committee, etc.), especially by a vote:
24. to express or pronounce, as an opinion:
25. Law. to place legal title or interest in (another) by a conveyance, a will, or other transfer.
26. (in feats of magic) to perform a pass on.
27. Tennis. to make a passing shot against (an opponent).
28. Sports. to transfer (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
29. Bullfighting. (of a bullfighter) to provoke and guide the charge of (a bull) with the capa or especially the muleta.

verb (used without object)

1. to go or move onward; proceed.
2. to come to or toward, then go beyond:
3. to go away; depart:
4. to elapse or slip by; be spent:
5. to come to an end:
6. to die.
7. to take place; happen; occur:
8. to go by or move past:
9. to go about or circulate; be current.
10. to serve as a marginally acceptable substitute:
11. 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.
12. to be transferred or conveyed:
13. to be interchanged, as between two persons:
14. to undergo transition or conversion:
15. to go or get through a barrier, test, course of study, etc., successfully:
16. to go unheeded, unchallenged, or unremarked on:
17. to express or pronounce an opinion, judgment, verdict, etc. (usually followed by on or upon):
18. to be voided, as excrement or a kidney stone.
19. to obtain the vote of approval or sanction of a legislative body, official committee, or the like:
20. Law. (of a member of an inquest or other deliberative body) to sit (usually followed by on or upon): to adjudicate. to vest title or other legal interest in real or personal property in a new owner.
21. to throw a ball from one person to another, as in a game of catch.
22. Sports. to make a pass, as in football or ice hockey.
23. Cards. to forgo one's opportunity to bid, play, etc. to throw in one's hand.
24. Fencing Obsolete. to thrust or lunge.

Origin of passed

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at pass, -ed²

Examples for passed

As the months passed and she began to cast the film, I became increasingly excited.

The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.

Twenty-four hours have now passed, and we are still tossing about on the ocean.

Day after day passed on with no news of Giles or Will Wherry.

The bill, which passed Congress without opposition, is only a temporary fix and expires in 2015.

I supposed this to be a custom with the colored population of Turkey, and passed on.

“I walk my kid to school, passed that cop car everyday,” he said.

"Such an edict was passed because Athens is not a republic," replied Philæmon.

In fact, by the end of 2014, it passed over 220 bills, which were signed into law by President Barack Obama.

The box was passed from hand to hand, and excited universal admiration.