pass
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1. To change place.
2. To change in state or status
3. To move through time.
4. To be accepted.
5. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
6. To do or be better.
7. To take heed.
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Source: en.wiktionary.org
pass
Word Statistics
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Used frequently in everyday conversation
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1. An 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.
2. A 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"
3. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
4. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
5. An attempt.
"My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful."
6. Success in an examination or similar test.
"I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature."
7. A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
8. A thrust; a sally of wit.
9. A sexual advance.
"The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife."
10. The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
11. A 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.
12. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
13. A 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"
14. An intentional walk.
"Smith was given a pass after Jones' double."
15. The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
16. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
17. Estimation; character.
18. (Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
19. The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
20. An 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."
21. A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
"Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass."
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Source: en.wiktionary.org
pass
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Simple pronunciation
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
1. A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
"Anyone want to trade passes?"
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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