Definitions of pass in various dictionaries:
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(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
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(military) a written leave of absence
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(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
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the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
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any authorization to pass or go somewhere
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a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
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a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
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a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
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a difficult juncture
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one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
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you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
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a permit to enter or leave a military installation
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a complimentary ticket
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a usually brief attempt
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(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
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success in satisfying a test or requirement
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go across or through
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move past
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make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
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pass by
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place into the hands or custody of
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stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
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travel past
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come to pass
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go unchallenged
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pass time in a specific way
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pass over, across, or through
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transmit information
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disappear gradually
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go successfully through a test or a selection process
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be superior or better than some standard
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accept or judge as acceptable
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allow to go without comment or censure
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transfer to another
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pass into a specified state or condition
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throw (a ball) to another player
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be inherited by
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cause to pass
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grant authorization or clearance for
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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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eliminate from the body
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of advancing the ball by throwing it
To move on or ahead; proceed.
To extend; run: The river passes through our land.
To move by: The band passed and the crowd cheered.
To move past another vehicle: The sports car passed on the right.
To gain passage despite obstacles: pass through difficult years.
To move past in time; elapse: The days passed quickly.
To be transferred from one to another; circulate: The wine passed around the table.
To transfer a ball or puck to a teammate.
To be communicated or exchanged between persons: Loud words passed in the corridor.
To be transferred or conveyed to another by will or deed: The title passed to the older heir.
To undergo transition from one condition, form, quality, or characteristic to another: Daylight passed into darkness.
To come to an end: My anger suddenly passed.
To cease to exist; die: The patient passed on during the night.
To happen; take place: What passed during the day? 13.
To be allowed to happen without notice or challenge: Let their rude remarks pass.
To decline one’s turn to play or bid.
To undergo an examination or a trial with favorable results.
To serve as a barely acceptable substitute: The spare tire was nearly bald but would pass until we bought a new one.
To be accepted as a member of a group by denying one’s own ancestry or background.
To be approved or adopted: The motion to adj ourn passed.
Law.
To pro noun ce an opinion, a judgment, or a sentence.
To sit in adj udication.
To be voided: Luckily the kidney stone passed before she had to be hospitalized.
To thrust or lunge in fencing.
To go by without stopping; leave behind.
To go by without paying attention to; disregard or ignore: If you pass the new photographs in the collection, you’ll miss some outstanding ones.
To fail to pay (a dividend).
To go beyond; surpass: The inheritance passed my wildest dreams.
To go across; go through: We passed the border into Mexico.
To undergo (a trial or an examination) with favorable results: She passed every test.
To cause or allow to go through a trial, a test, or an examination successfully: The instructor passed all the candidates.
To cause to move: We passed our hands over the fabric.
To cause to move into a certain position: pass a ribbon around a package.
To cause to move as part of a process: pass liquid through a filter.
To cause to go by: The officers passed their troops in review before the general.
To walk (a batter).
To allow to go by or elapse; spend: He passed his winter in Vermont.
To cause to be transferred from one to another; circulate: They passed the news quickly.
To hand over to someone else: Please pass the bread.
To transfer (a ball, for example) to a teammate, as by throwing.
To cause to be accepted; circulate fraudulently: pass counterfeit money.
To transfer title or ownership of.
To discharge (body waste, for example); void.
To approve; adopt: The legislature passed the bill.
To be sanctioned, ratified, or approved by: The bill passed the House of Representatives.
To pro noun ce; utter: pass judgment; pass sentence on an offender.
The act of passing; passage.
A way, such as a narrow gap between mountains, that affords passage around, over, or through a barrier.
A permit, a ticket, or an authorization to come and go at will.
A free ticket entitling one to transportation or admisssion.
Written leave of absence from military duty.
A sweep or run by an aircraft over an area or a target.
A single complete cycle of operations, as by a machine or computer program.
A condition or situation, often critical in nature; a predicament.
A sexual invitation or overture.
A motion of the hand or the waving of a wand.
A transfer of a ball or puck between teammates.
A lunge or thrust in fencing.
A base on balls.
Games.
A refusal to bid, draw, bet, or play.
A winning throw of the dice in craps.
A pase.
To pass out of existence; end.
To let go by; reject: pass up a chance for promotion; an opportunity too good to pass up.
To be eaten or drunk.
To shift responsibility or blame to another.
verb - to go by