pass

CEFRA2

/pɑːs/

verb · noun

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In plain English

01
verb
To move past, give something to someone, or succeed in a test.
02
noun
Permission or a ticket allowing entry or travel.

Examples

I'm not really expecting to pass first time.
In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

[pʰaːs]
[pʰas]

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verb

Extra meanings

To change place.
To move or be moved from one place to another.
To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.

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In context

"Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are."
You will pass a house on your right.
The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.

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To avoid being late, the driver decided to blank the slow truck on the left lane.

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We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
"Try not the Pass!" the old man said; / "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, / The roaring torrent is deep and wide!" / And loud that clarion voice replied / Excelsior!
1841 September 28 (date written), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[Miscellaneous.] Excelsior.”, in Ballads and Other Poems, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1842, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 130
Followed two more weeks of marching,—rougher marching this time,—through the core of the lofty mountains that divide India from Central Asia; across the terrible Depsang Plains, seventeen thousand feet up; and over four passes choked with snow; till they came upon a deserted fort, set in the midst of stark space, and knew that here, indeed, was the limit of human habitation. Next day the work of exploration had begun in earnest.
1910, Maud Diver, “The Valley of Decision”, in The Great Amulet, New York: John Lane Company, →OCLC, page 368
A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.
1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law
Albon made hard work of the result. Starting fourth, he dropped back to seventh at the second start and had to fight his way back up, which he did with some excellent passes.
2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport

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Origin

verb

From Middle English passen, from Old French passer (“to step, walk, pass”), from Vulgar Latin *passāre (“step, walk, pass”), derived from Latin passus (“a step”), from Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Old English fæþm (“armful, fathom”). More at fathom. Displaced native Old English genġan.

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To avoid being late, the driver decided to blank— the slow truck on the left lane.

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verb

To avoid being late, the driver decided to blank the slow truck on the left lane.