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Adjective pass has 1 sense

passing, pass - of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"

Noun pass has 16 senses

base on balls, walk, pass - (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
--₁ is a kind of accomplishment, achievement
pass - (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
--₂ is a kind of leave, leave of absence
pass, passing play, passing game, passing - (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"
--₃ is a kind of football play
--₃ has particulars:
forward pass, aerial; lateral pass, lateral; spot pass

Derived form: verb pass₂₁
pass, mountain pass, notch - the 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"
--₄ is a kind of location
--₄ is a part of
range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
--₄ has particulars:
Brenner Pass; col, gap; Cumberland Gap; defile, gorge; Donner Pass; Khyber Pass; saddleback, saddle
pass, passport - any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
--₅ is a kind of permission
--₅ has particulars: safe-conduct, safeguard
Derived form: verb pass₂₄
pass, laissez passer - a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
--₆ is a kind of permission
--₆ has particulars: boarding card, boarding pass; hall pass; ticket-of-leave
pass - a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass"
--₇ is a kind of flight, flying
pass, strait, straits - a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
--₈ is a kind of situation
--₈ has particulars: desperate straits, dire straits
pass, head, straits - a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
--₉ is a kind of juncture, occasion
pass - one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
--₁₀ is a kind of cycle, oscillation
bye, pass - you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
--₁₁ is a kind of concession, conceding, yielding

Derived form: verb pass₁₆
pass, liberty chit - a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
--₁₂ is a kind of license, licence, permit
pass - a complementary (free) ticket; "the start got passes for his family"
--₁₃ is a kind of ticket
crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
--₁₄ is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
pass, toss, flip - (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
--₁₅ is a kind of throw
--₁₅ has particulars: centering, snap
passing, pass, qualifying - success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
--₁₆ is a kind of success

Verb pass has 26 senses

pass, go through, go across - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass - pass by; "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"
--₂ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived form: noun passer₁
Sample sentence:
These cars won't pass
legislate, pass - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"
--₃ is one way to ordain, enact

Derived form: noun passage₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along - pass by; "three years elapsed"
--₄ is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
--₅ is one way to transfer

Derived form: noun passage₁₀
Sample sentences:
They pass the food to the people
They pass the people the food
run, go, pass, lead, extend - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
--₆ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
pass, overtake, overhaul - travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
--₇ is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on

Derived forms: noun passage₉, noun passing₃, noun passing₆
Sample sentence:
These cars won't pass
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE
pass, clear - go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
--₉ is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
spend, pass - pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
guide, run, draw, pass - guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
communicate, pass on, pass, put across - transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"
--₁₂ is one way to convey, transmit, communicate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
--₁₃ is one way to disappear, vanish, go away

Derived form: noun passing₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
pass, make it - go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
--₁₄ is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Antonyms: fail, flunk, bomb, flush it

Derived forms: noun passer₃, noun passing₇
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top - go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
--₁₅ is one way to excel, stand out, surpass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
pass - accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
--₁₆ is one way to judge
Antonyms: fail

Derived forms: noun pass₁₁, noun passing₇
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
pass - allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
--₁₇ is one way to let, allow, permit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
pass - transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"
--₁₈ is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
sink, pass, lapse - pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
--₁₉ is one way to move

Derived form: noun passage₁
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
pass - be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background; "He could pass as his twin brother"; "She passed as a White woman even though her grandfather was Black"
--₂₀ is one way to be

Derived form: noun passer₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
pass - throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
--₂₁ is one way to throw

Derived forms: noun passer₄, noun pass₃, noun passing₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
fall, return, pass, devolve - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
--₂₂ is one way to change hands
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
pass, make pass - cause to pass; "She passed around the plates"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
authorize, authorise, pass, clear - grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
--₂₄ is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance

Derived form: noun pass₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass - pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
--₂₅ is one way to change state, turn

Derived form: noun passing₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
--₂₆ is one way to discharge, expel, eject, release

Derived form: noun passing₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something