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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

(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

Under its plan du_Pont would retain its General_Motors shares but be required to pass_on to its stockholders the right_to_vote those shares .

Christiana and Delaware would , in_turn , be required to pass_on the voting_rights to the General_Motors shares allocable to them to their own stockholders .

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[ verb ] tell or deposit (information) knowledge

Synonyms

give impart leave

Examples

"give a secret to the Russians" "leave your name and address here"

Used in print

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

The opening paragraph of the chapter titled The_Theory_Of_Representative_Perception , in the book Philosophies_Of_Science by Albert_G._Ramsperger says , `` passed_on to the brain , and there , by some unexplained process , it causes the mind to have a perception '' .

Related terms

tell give bequeath conveyance

3
[ verb ] move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

Examples

: "Time marches on"

Used in print

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

Not a bullet touched Cook who was nearer the ambush , but one hit Russell in the leg and another broke his arm , passing_on through his body .

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[ verb ] give to or transfer possession of

Examples

"I am passing on my genes to my children"

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. House Document No. 247....)

You have heard him tell these young people that during his almost 50 years of service in the Congress he has seen the Kaisers and the Hitlers and the Mussolinis , the Tojos and Stalins and Khrushchevs , come and go and that we are passing_on to them the freest Nation that mankind has ever known .

Related terms

bequeath hand_down propagate

5
[ verb ] cause to be distributed

Examples

"This letter is circulating among the faculty"

6
[ verb ] refer to another person for decision or judgment

Synonyms

relegate submit

Examples

"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

Related terms

submit delegating

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[ verb ] transmit information

Examples

"Please communicate this message to all employees"

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