pass

I 1. verb

1)

the traffic passing through the village

Syn:

go, proceed, move, progress, make one's way, travel

Ant:

stop

2)

a car passed him

Syn:

overtake, go past/by, pull ahead of, overhaul, leave behind; informal leapfrog

3)

time passed

Syn:

elapse, go by/past, advance, wear on, roll by, tick by

4)

he passed the time writing letters

Syn:

occupy, spend, fill, use (up), employ, while away

5)

pass me the salt

Syn:

hand (over), give, reach

6)

Max passed the ball back

Syn:

kick, hit, throw, lob

7)

her estate passed to her grandson

Syn:

be transferred, go, be left, be bequeathed, be handed down/on, be passed on; Law devolve

8)

his death passed almost unnoticed

Syn:

happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire, come and go; literary befall

9)

the storm passed

Syn:

abate, fade (away), come to an end, blow over, run its course, die out, finish, end, cease, subside

10)

nature's complexity passes all human understanding

Syn:

surpass, exceed, transcend

11)

he passed the exam

Syn:

be successful in, succeed in, gain a pass in, get through; informal sail through, scrape through

Ant:

fail

12)

the senate passed the bill

Syn:

approve, vote for, accept, ratify, adopt, agree to, authorize, endorse, legalize, enact; informal OK

Ant:

reject

13)

she could not let that comment pass

Syn:

go (unnoticed), stand, go unremarked, go undisputed

14)

we should not pass judgment

Syn:

declare, pronounce, utter, express, deliver, issue

15)

passing urine

Syn:

discharge, excrete, evacuate, expel, emit, release

2. noun

1)

you must show your pass

Syn:

permit, warrant, authorization, license

2)

a perfectly executed pass

Syn:

kick, hit, throw, cross, lateral (pass)

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- come to pass

- make a pass at

- pass away

- pass on

- pass as

- pass for

- pass off

- pass out

- pass over

- pass up

II noun

a pass through the mountains

Syn:

route, way, road, passage, cut, gap, notch