Definitions for passes

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passes pass

Spelling: [pas, pahs]

IPA: /pæs, pɑs/

Passes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in passes (aepsss).

Definitions for passes

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.

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.
22. Joe (Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua) 1929–94, U.S. jazz guitarist.

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:

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:

Origin of passes

1175-1225; (v.) Middle English passen Old French passer Vulgar Latin *passāre, derivative of Latin passus step, pace¹; (noun) Middle English; in part Middl

Examples for passes

San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.

He will pass to the dark realm of nothingness, but will not find me there.

If he said or did anything, there was no appeal; that was settled, let us pass to something else.

It actually kept the government open all year and manage to pass something vaguely resembling a budget.

He goes into some detail into what it took to persuade voters to pass marriage equality at the ballot box in four states in 2012.

Congress is attempting to pass the buck on federal funding for education.

It is difficult for me to fix positively the breadth of this pass.

“They just walk around, they ride in their patrol cars, and they just pass by,” he said.

"Let that pass, sir," continued the stranger, with a bitter smile.

Austin, being nearest the door, opened it for the ladies to pass out.