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Type Words
Synonyms go by, go past, pass by, surpass, travel by
Type of move, go, locomote, travel
Has types zip by, fly by, skirt, whisk by, run by
Derivation passer


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.
Type Words
Synonyms egest, eliminate, excrete
Type of eject, expel, exhaust, discharge, release
Has types stool, spue, spew, spend a penny, chuck, sick, shit, be sick, retch, wee-wee, relieve oneself, transude, regurgitate, regorge, wee, vomit up, purge, puke, puddle, barf, take a shit, vomit, piss, ca-ca, take a leak, crap, take a crap, cast, cat, sweat, sudate, piddle, throw up, perspire, pee-pee, defecate, pee, pass water, ooze out, ooze, micturate, empty, make water, void, honk, urinate, evacuate, exudate, exude, upchuck, disgorge, make
Derivation passing
Type Words
Synonyms authorise, authorize, clear
Type of permit, allow, let, countenance
Has types licence, sanction, declare, formalize, formalise, validate, approve, commission, certify, license, approbate, certificate, okay, o.k.
Type Words
Synonyms crack, fling, go, offer, whirl
Type of try, endeavor, endeavour, attempt, effort
Type Words
Synonyms passing, qualifying
Type of success


his future depended on his passing that test.
he got a pass in introductory chemistry.
Type Words
Synonyms come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass off, take place
Has types recur, anticipate, arise, backfire, backlash, bechance, befall, betide, break, chance, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporise, contemporize, develop, fall, give, go, go off, go over, happen, intervene, materialise, materialize, proceed, recoil, recrudesce, repeat, result, roll around, shine, strike, supervene, synchronise, synchronize, transpire, turn out
Type Words
Synonyms passing


a team with a good passing attack.
a pass play.
Type Words
Synonyms buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it
Type of change state, turn
Has types asphyxiate, abort, drown, suffocate, succumb, famish, stifle, starve, buy it, pip out, predecease, yield, fall
Verb group break down, give way, die, conk out, break, go, fail, go bad, give out
Derivation passing
Type Words
Synonyms laissez passer
Type of permission
Has types hall pass, ticket-of-leave, boarding card, boarding pass


the media representatives had special passes.
Type Words
Synonyms make pass
Has types run, cycle, lead, pass through, pass off


She passed around the plates.
Type Words
Synonyms exceed, go past, overstep, top, transcend
Type of surpass, stand out, excel
Type Words
Synonyms communicate, pass along, pass on, put across
Type of communicate, transmit, convey
Has types bespeak, send a message, get across, return, carry, implant, put over, quest, relay, receipt, render, message, call for, request, ask for, telecommunicate, deliver, acknowledge, plant


pass along the good news.
Type Words
Synonyms clear
Type of bring home the bacon, succeed, win, deliver the goods, come through
Has types clear
Type Words
Synonyms draw, guide, run
Has types rub, thread
Verb group lead, draw, thread, run, string
Type Words
Synonyms give, hand, pass on, reach, turn over
Type of transfer
Has types deal, relinquish, give up, render, trust, leave, fork over, fork out, hand over, entrust, commit, confide, slip, intrust, sneak, turn in, deliver, resign, release, free, give, fork up
Derivation passage
Type Words
Synonyms flip, toss
Type of throw
Has types snap, centering


the pass was fumbled.
Type Words
Synonyms lapse, sink
Type of move
Derivation passage
Type Words
Synonyms legislate
Type of enact, ordain
Derivation passage


They passed the amendment.
Type Words
Synonyms head, straits
Type of juncture, occasion


a pretty pass.
Type Words
Synonyms extend, go, lead, run
Type of be
Has types underrun, go deep, go far, radiate, ray, come
Verb group run, range
Type Words
Synonyms liberty chit
Type of permit, licence, license


he had to show his pass in order to get out.
Type Words
Synonyms elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, slide by, slip away, slip by
Type of move on, go on, march on, progress, advance, pass on
Has types vanish, fly, fell
Type Words
Synonyms strait, straits
Type of situation
Has types desperate straits, dire straits
Type Words
Synonyms overhaul, overtake
Type of move on, progress, march on, go on, pass on, advance
Has types top, clear, get by
Derivation passing, passage


The sports car passed all the trucks.
Type Words
Synonyms blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass off
Type of vanish, go away, disappear
Derivation passing


The pain eventually passed off.
Type Words
Synonyms passing, passing game, passing play
Type of football play
Has types lateral pass, lateral, spot pass, forward pass, aerial


the coach sent in a passing play on third and long.
Type Words
Synonyms base on balls, walk
Type of achievement, accomplishment
Type Words
Synonyms mountain pass, notch
Type of location
Has types saddle, gorge, defile, col, saddleback, gap


we got through the pass before it started to snow.
Type Words
Synonyms bye
Type of concession, conceding, yielding
Type Words
Synonyms make it
Type of bring home the bacon, succeed, win, deliver the goods, come through
Has types sweep through, sail through, nail, breeze through, pass with flying colors, ace
Derivation passing, passer


She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now.
Type Words
Synonyms devolve, fall, return
Type of change owners, change hands
Has types fall, light
Verb group fall, accrue
Type Words
Synonyms spend
Has types vacation, holiday, while away, slum, sojourn, weekend, soldier, do, winter, summer, get through, overwinter, serve
Type Words
Synonyms passport
Type of permission
Has types safeguard, safe-conduct


the pass to visit had a strict time limit.
Type Words
Type of pass judgment, judge, evaluate
Derivation passing


The teacher passed the student although he was weak.
Type Words
Type of ticket


the star got passes for his family.
Type Words
Type of flying, flight


the plane turned to make a second pass.
Type Words
Type of let, allow, permit


the insult passed as if unnoticed.
Type Words
Type of locomote, move, travel, go
Has types break through, transit, traverse, trespass, cover, crack, crash, cross, cut, cut across, cut through, cycle, fumble, get across, get over, infiltrate, lock, make, move through, muscle, negociate, negotiate, overstep, pass across, pass over, pass through, run, squeak by, squeak through, work, track, blunder, transgress


We passed the point where the police car had parked.
Type Words
Type of leave, leave of absence


he had a pass for three days.
Type Words
Type of oscillation, cycle


it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass.
Type Words
Type of throw
Derivation passing, passer


Smith passed.
Type Words
Type of change


Our house passed under his official control.

Examples of pass

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Now, the predictions of insolvency have come to pass, Koster said in his letter.
From the stltoday.com
However, McCluer South-Berkeley's two-point conversion pass attempt was no good.
From the stltoday.com
In the third quarter, he was called for interference again on a third-down pass.
From the newsday.com
If he does have those moments once in a while, he says they pass pretty quickly.
From the desmoinesregister.com
On average, only about half the students who enroll in online classes pass them.
From the thenewstribune.com
He connected with Ruvell Martin on a 61-yard pass play to the Rams'13-yard line.
From the thenewstribune.com
Republicans should pass legislation to end this publicly funded edifice complex.
From the washingtontimes.com
Morrow gathered the disc behind the net and attempted to pass the puck in front.
From the sacbee.com
Last we need Sacramento to pass a bill that you deed a legal picture ID to vote.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Base on balls: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
  • Go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
  • Passing(a): of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
  • (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
  • Travel by: 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"
  • (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"
  • PASS (the Proof of Age Standards Scheme) is a government-backed scheme in the UK that gives young people a valid and accepted form of proof of age identification. The scheme is supported by the Home Office, the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
  • This is a list of botanists by their author abbreviation, including that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992), designed for citation in the botanical names they have published. For this purpose a standardised index is available, published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1992. ...
  • In a range of hills or, especially, of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, hause, bwlch (Welsh), brennig or bealach (Gaelic)) is a path that allows the crossing of a mountain chain. It is usually a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. ...