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Passes

verb
/ˈpɐːsəz/
Word Frequency: 16.9

Definitions

1.verbTo change place.
2.verbTo change in state or status
3.verbTo move through time.
4.verbTo be accepted.
5.verbIn any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
6.verbTo do or be better.
7.verbTo take heed.
8.nounAn opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
9.nounA channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
"the passes of the Mississippi"
10.nounA single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
11.nounA single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
12.nounAn attempt.
"My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful."
13.nounSuccess in an examination or similar test.
"I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature."
14.nounA thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
15.nounA thrust; a sally of wit.
16.nounA sexual advance.
"The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife."
17.nounThe act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
18.nounA passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
19.nounPermission or license to pass, or to go and come.
20.nounA document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
"a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass"
21.nounAn intentional walk.
"Smith was given a pass after Jones' double."
22.nounThe act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
23.nounThe state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
24.nounEstimation; character.
25.noun(Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
26.nounThe area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
27.nounAn act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
"A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place."
28.nounA run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
"Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass."
29.nounA password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
"Anyone want to trade passes?"

Synonyms

spendpledgepromisevowtake heedtake noticeaccessadmissionentryconditionpredicamentstate

Antonyms

meet

Rhymes With

molasseseyeglassesmassessurpassesfascesglassesclassesgases
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