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[ verb ] go across or through

Examples

"We passed the point where the police car had parked" "A terrible thought went through his mind"

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

The real question was how one passed from anti-Semitism of_this sort to murder , and the answer to this question is not to be found in anti-Semitism itself .

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

I have no picture in my mind of the garden as_a_whole - that I could not see - but certain aspects of certain corners linger in the memory : wind-blown , frost-bitten , white chrysanthemums beneath a window , with their brittle brown leaves and their sharp scent of November ; ripe pears lying in long grass , to be turned_over by a dusty slippered foot , cautiously , lest bees still worked in the ragged , brown edged holes ; hot colored verbenas in the corner between the dining-room wall and the side porch , where we passed on_our_way to the pump with the half gourd tied to it as a cup by my grandmother for our childish pleasure in drinking from it .

(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)

The student of ideas and their place in history will always be concerned with the patterns of transition , which are at_the_same_time patterns of transformation , whereby ideas pass from one area of activity to another .

(1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)

The fast opening of the shutter consists_of a piece of aluminum_foil ( approximately * * f ) placed directly in_front of the camera_lens so that no light may pass into the camera .

During the discharge the magnetic_forces set_up by the passage of current cause the edges of the foil to roll inward toward its center_line , thus allowing light to pass into the camera .

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[ verb ] pass by

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Samples zoomed into closeup range in regular succession , like telephone_poles passing on the highway , while representative music reinforced the mood of the late teens and 1920 's .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

The Catholics had the largest cemetery , near the Neversink_River where Main_Street ran south ; Stevie whistled when he passed these alien grounds .

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

At_the_same_time he started walking the streets , peering at the people passing or shopping_at the stalls , storing up fresh impressions of what they looked_like , how they moved .

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[ verb ] (law) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

Synonyms

legislate

Examples

"They passed the amendment" "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Fulton legislators `` work with city officials to pass enabling_legislation that will permit the establishment of a fair and equitable '' pension plan for city employes .

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

The House passed finally , and sent to the Senate , a bill extending the State_Health_Department 's authority to give planning assistance to cities .

The Senate quickly whipped_through its meager fare of House bills approved by committees , passing the three on the calendar .

Without dissent , senators passed a bill by Sen._A._R._Schwartz of Galveston authorizing establishment in the future of a school for the mentally_retarded in the Gulf_Coast district .

Two tax revision bills were passed .

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[ verb ] pass by, as of time

Used in print

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

The reason and the day of `` grandfather_clauses '' has long_since passed .

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

During the month of November hardly_a day passed when there was not some mention of John_Brown in the Rhode_Island newspapers .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

I looked_for Jessica to materialize out of the clogging , curdling crowd and , as the time passed and I waited , a fiend came_to_life beside me and whispered in my ear : How was I planning to greet Jessica ?

Related terms

advance fly lapse

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[ verb ] place into the hands or custody of

Examples

"hand me the spoon, please" "Turn the files over to me, please" "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

Used in print

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

They passed the marmalade , the bread , the black-market butter , back_and_forth .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Watson supported the man to the edge of the bank and passed the frail figure over the bow of the nearest skiff .

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

`` And who is this '' ? he asked , when she passed him a glass .

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[ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in

Examples

: "This composition anticipates Impressionism"

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[ verb ] travel past, as of a vehicle

Synonyms

overtake overhaul

Examples

"The sports car passed all the trucks" "

Used in print

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

Very small particles , however , in a size range of 1 to 4 microns in diameter are capable of passing these impinging barriers and entering the alveolar_bed of the lungs .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

They stayed with a rancher Friday night and by eleven o'clock Saturday morning passed the old Garnett_Lee ranch .

There were three houses in Salyer_'s_Canyon just at the foot of a low bluff , the road winding along the top , entering above , and_then passing down in_front_of the houses , thence to the Vermejo .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Clumps of brush that they passed were so many enchained demons straining in anger to tear and gnaw on his bones .

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

The front of their column had already passed us , when another officer came riding down the side of the road , not five paces from where we were .

Related terms

advance get_by clear passing

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[ verb ] stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

Synonyms

run extend lead go

Examples

"Service runs all the way to Cranbury" "His knowledge doesn't go very far" "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"

Used in print

(Los Angeles Times...)

Make_sure that the metal tube through which the wire passes is in the shape of an inverted `` L '' , the foot of the `` L '' about three inches long , so_that the puppet can hang directly under the light .

(C. R. Wylie, Jr. "Line involutions in S3 whose...)

A general line l meets Q in two points , * * f and * * f , through each of_which passes a unique generator of the regulus , * * f , whose lines are simple secants of \ g .

The order of_this congruence is * * f , since * * f secants of a curve of symbol ( a , b ) on a quadric surface pass through an arbitrary point .

Now the only way in_which all curves of the image family of * * f can pass through a fixed point is to have a generator of * * f which is not a secant but a tangent of \ g , for then any point on such a generator will be transformed into the point of tangency .

Moreover , in_this involution there is a cone of invariant lines of order * * f , namely the cone of secants of \ g which pass through P .

Related terms

be come go_far radiate reach line range

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[ verb ] come to pass

Examples

"What is happening?" "The meeting took place off without an incidence" "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Many years have passed since a Metropolitan audience heard anything comparable .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

On the street outside , Hieronymus envisions a holocaust of the vanities of this world , such a burning of artistic and erotic productions as his namesake actually brought to pass in Florence , and prophetically he issues his curse : `` Gladius_Dei super terram cito et velociter '' .

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[ noun ] (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

Synonyms

walk base_on_balls

Examples

"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

His statistical record that year , when Texas won only one game and lost nine , was far from impressive : he carried the ball three times for a net gain of 10 yards , punted once for 39 yards and caught one pass for 13 yards .

One was on a fourth down screen_pass from the Mustang 21 after an incomplete pass into Gannon 's territory .

The Texans won the game through ball control , with Quarterback Cotton_Davidson throwing only 17 passes .

Completing 12 of 15 passes for 174 yards , the Aggies had a total offense of 361 yards .

A+M has the best defense against passes , 34.7 yards per game .

Related terms

accomplishment baseball

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[ verb ] go unchallenged; be approved

Synonyms

clear

Examples

"The bill cleared the House"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

A similar resolution passed in the Senate by a vote of 29 - 5 .

Barber , who is in his 13th year as a legislator , said there `` are some members of our congressional delegation in Washington who would_like to see it ( the resolution ) passed '' .

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

When the shouting ended , the bill passed , 114 to 4 , sending it to the Senate , where a similar proposal is being sponsored by Sen._George_Parkhouse of Dallas .

Related terms

succeed clear

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[ noun ] (military) a written leave of absence

Examples

"he had a pass for three days"

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

The Colonel ordered that it be wiped_out , and I suggested , ' You ask for volunteers , and promise each man on the patrol a quart of whisky , ten dollars and a week-end pass to Davao ' .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Watson had given his name and asked for a safe-conduct pass .

If my pass is approved , I may be a half_hour .

Related terms

leave military

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[ verb ] transmit information

Examples

"Please communicate this message to all employees"

Used in print

(Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)

The State cops would check from_time_to_time ; pass word when there was word to pass .

The State cops would check from_time_to_time ; pass word when there was word to pass .

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[ verb ] disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example

Examples

"The pain eventually passed off"

Used in print

(Winfred Van Atta, Shock Treatment....)

Something in my voice must have touched her deeply because her anger passed quickly , and she turned_away to keep me from seeing her face .

Related terms

disappear passing

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[ verb ] pass in a specific way; as of time

Synonyms

spend

Examples

"How are you spending your summer vacation?"

Used in print

(The Detroit News,...)

Pass the iron rations , please , and light another candle , for it 's getting dark down here and we 're minded to read a_bit of world law just to pass the time away .

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

And so the young minister resigned , to go and study and pray , having never passed a day , he told his parishioners , when `` I did not gain from you far more_than I ever gave to you '' .

(Thomas B. Dewey, Hunter at Large....)

It seemed to him that a long_time had passed before he decided what to do .

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[ verb ] guide or pass over something;

Synonyms

run draw guide

Examples

"He ran his eyes over her body" "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine" "He drew her hair through his fingers"

Used in print

(The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)

Concrete blocks are passed between the beams and put on the boards .

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[ verb ] go successfully through a test or a selection process

Synonyms

make_it

Examples

: "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

The widespread purge that has taken_place the past twelve months or_so among Communist leaders in the provinces gives assurance that the party officials who will dominate the Congress , and the Central_Committee it will elect , will all have passed the tightest possible Khrushchev screening , both for loyalty to him and for competence and performance on_the_job .

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[ noun ] (sport,american football) a football play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

Examples

"the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

The Air_Force's , and the game 's , final play , was a long pass by quarterback Bob_McNaughton which Gannon intercepted on his own 44 and returned 22 yards .

`` They can be going_along , doing little damage , then bang , bang - they can hit a_couple_of passes on you for touchdowns and put you in_trouble '' .

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[ verb ] allow to go without comment or censure

Examples

: "the insult passed as if unnoticed"

Related terms

let

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[ verb ] accept or judge as acceptable

Examples

"The teacher passed the student although he was weak"

Used in print

(Robert Wallace, "This Is the Way It Came About"...)

On Feb. 21 the council passed another resolution urging the taking of `` all appropriate measures to prevent the occurrence of civil_war in the Congo , including the use of force , if necessary , in the last_resort '' .

Related terms

fail judge

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[ verb ] go beyond

Examples

"She exceeded out expectations" "She topped her performance of last year"

Used in print

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Now , apparently happier under new managers , Mays and Mantle , the perfect players , are behaving as though they 're going_to pass those previous peaks .

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[ noun ] a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

Synonyms

laissez_passer

Examples

"the media representatives had special passes"

Used in print

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Beckworth handed the pass to the colonel .

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[ noun ] (transportation) a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

Examples

"the plane turned to make a second pass"

Used in print

(Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)

One pass only .

Related terms

flight

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[ noun ] any authorization to pass or go somewhere

Synonyms

passport

Examples

"the pass to visit had a strict time limit"

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

State_Department officials refusing to show their passes at the boundary , and driving two blocks into East_Berlin under military escort , will not avail .

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[ verb ] transfer to another; of rights or property

Examples

"Our house passed under his official control"

Used in print

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

Even then , as you go_into the house oppressed by the knowledge that something_is_cooking and that your house has passed under this unaccountable , official control , could you go_on forgetting that you still had that ridiculous hat on your head and you were still carrying that childish horn in your hand ?

Related terms

change

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[ noun ] (geography) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

Synonyms

notch mountain_pass

Examples

"we got through the pass before it started to snow"

Used in print

(Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)

Greg went_up tight against the ceiling and led them back to their pass to home .

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[ verb ] pass into a specified state or condition

Synonyms

sink lapse

Examples

: "He sank into Nirvana"

Used in print

(Clifford Irving, The Valley....)

He was too old - when he passed up and through the corridor of pines that lined the trail he could see ahead , he was passing from life .

Related terms

move passage

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[ verb ] throw (a ball) to another player

Examples

"Smith passed"

Related terms

throw passer

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[ verb ] succeed at easily

Examples

"She sailed through her exams" "You will pass with flying colors" "She nailed her astrophysics course"

Related terms

fail succeed breeze_through ace

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[ verb ] eliminate from the body

Examples

"Pass a kidney stone"

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[ noun ] (military,writing) a permit to enter or leave a military installation

Synonyms

liberty_chit

Examples

"he had to show his pass in order to get out"

Related terms

license military

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[ adjective ] (football) of advancing the ball by throwing it

Synonyms

passing

Examples

"a team with a good passing attack" "a pass play"

Related terms

running football

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[ verb ] grant authorization or clearance for

Examples

"Clear the manuscript for publication" "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6528
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[ verb ] (biology) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Examples

"She died from cancer" "They children perished in the fire" "The patient went peacefully"

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[ noun ] (law) you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

Synonyms

bye

Examples

"he had a bye in the first round"

Related terms

concession

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[ noun ] (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

Synonyms

toss flip

Examples

"the pass was fumbled"

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[ verb ] cause to pass

Synonyms

make_pass

Examples

: "She passed around the plates"

Related terms

pass_through cycle run pass_off

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[ noun ] a difficult juncture

Synonyms

straits head

Examples

"a pretty pass" "matters came to a head yesterday"

Related terms

juncture

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[ noun ] (computer science) one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

Examples

"it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"

Related terms

cycle computer

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[ verb ] be inherited by

Synonyms

return devolve fall

Examples

"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"

Related terms

change_hands fall accrue

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[ verb ] be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background

Examples

"He could pass as his twin brother" "She passed as a White woman even though her grandfather was Black"

Related terms

be passer

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[ noun ] a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

Synonyms

straits strait

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[ noun ] (writing) a complementary (free) ticket

Examples

"the start got passes for his family"

Related terms

ticket

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[ noun ] a usually brief attempt

Synonyms

fling go whirl offer crack

Examples

"he took a crack at it" "I gave it a whirl"

Related terms

attempt

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[ noun ] success in satisfying a test or requirement

Synonyms

qualifying passing

Examples

"his future depended on his passing that test" "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"

Related terms

failing success qualify

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