Pass
verbAdjective
of advancing the ball by throwing it
“a team with a good passing attack”
“a pass play”
Similar:Passing
Noun
success in satisfying a test or requirement
“his future depended on his passing that test”
“he got a pass in introductory chemistry”
Type of:Successa document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
“the media representatives had special passes”
Type of:Permission(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
“the pass was fumbled”
a difficult juncture
“a pretty pass”
Type of:JunctureOccasiona permit to enter or leave a military installation
“he had to show his pass in order to get out”
Type of:PermitLicenceLicense(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”
Similar:Passingthe 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”
Similar:NotchType of:Locationany authorization to pass or go somewhere
“the pass to visit had a strict time limit”
Similar:PassportType of:Permissiona complimentary ticket
“the star got passes for his family”
Type of:Ticketa flight or run by an aircraft over a target
“the plane turned to make a second pass”
Type of:FlyingFlight(military) a written leave of absence
“he had a pass for three days”
Type of:Leaveone complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
“it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass”
Type of:OscillationCyclea usually brief attempt
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
Type of:Situation(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
Similar:WalkType of:AchievementAccomplishmentan automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
Similar:ByeType of:ConcessionConcedingYielding
Verb
move past
“A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window”
“He passed his professor in the hall”
“One line of soldiers surpassed the other”
Similar:SurpassType of:MoveGoLocomotetransmit information
“pass along the good news”
Similar:Communicatemake laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
“They passed the amendment”
Similar:LegislateType of:EnactOrdaintravel past
“The sports car passed all the trucks”
disappear gradually
“The pain eventually passed off”
go successfully through a test or a selection process
“She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now”
Type of:SucceedWincause to pass
“She passed around the plates”
go across or through
“We passed the point where the police car had parked”
Type of:LocomoteMoveTravelplace into the hands or custody of
accept or judge as acceptable
“The teacher passed the student although he was weak”
Type of:JudgeEvaluateallow to go without comment or censure
“the insult passed as if unnoticed”
Type of:LetAllowPermitthrow (a ball) to another player
“Smith passed”
Type of:Throwtransfer to another; of rights or property
“Our house passed under his official control”
Type of:Changeeliminate from the body
Type of:EjectExpelExhaustgrant authorization or clearance for
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
be superior or better than some standard
go unchallenged; be approved
Similar:ClearType of:SucceedWinpass over, across, or through
pass into a specified state or condition
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
pass by
be inherited by
come to pass
use up a period of time in a specific way
Similar:Spend
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
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