Noun
- 1. base on balls, walk, pass, accomplishment, achievement
- usage: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
- 2. pass, leave, leave of absence
- usage: (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
- 3. pass, passing play, passing game, passing, football play
- usage: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
- 4. pass, mountain pass, notch, location
- usage: the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow"
- 5. pass, passport, permission
- usage: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
- 6. pass, laissez passer, permission
- usage: a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
- 7. pass, flight, flying
- usage: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass"
- 8. pass, strait, straits, situation
- usage: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- 9. pass, head, straits, juncture, occasion
- usage: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
- 10. pass, cycle, oscillation
- usage: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
- 11. bye, pass, concession, conceding, yielding
- usage: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
- 12. pass, liberty chit, license, licence, permit
- usage: a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
- 13. pass, ticket
- usage: a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family"
- 14. crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer, attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
- usage: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
- 15. pass, toss, flip, throw
- usage: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
- 16. passing, pass, qualifying, success
- usage: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
Verb
- 1. pass, go through, go across, travel, go, move, locomote
- usage: go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
- 2. travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass, travel, go, move, locomote
- usage: move past; "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"
- 3. legislate, pass, ordain, enact
- usage: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
- 4. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along, advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
- usage: pass by; "three years elapsed"
- 5. pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give, transfer
- usage: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
- 6. run, go, pass, lead, extend, be
- usage: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
- 7. pass, overtake, overhaul, advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
- usage: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
- 8. happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
- usage: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
- 9. pass, clear, succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
- usage: go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
- 10. spend, pass
- usage: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
- 11. guide, run, draw, pass
- usage: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
- 12. communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across, convey, transmit, communicate
- usage: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
- 13. evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass, disappear, vanish, go away
- usage: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
- 14. pass, make it, succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
- usage: go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
- 15. exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top, excel, stand out, surpass
- usage: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
- 16. pass, evaluate, pass judgment, judge
- usage: accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
- 17. pass, let, allow, permit
- usage: allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
- 18. pass, change
- usage: transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"
- 19. sink, pass, lapse, move
- usage: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
- 20. pass, throw
- usage: throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
- 21. fall, return, pass, devolve, change hands, change owners
- usage: be inherited by; "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"
- 22. pass, make pass
- usage: cause to pass; "She passed around the plates"
- 23. authorize, authorise, pass, clear, permit, allow, let, countenance
- usage: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
- 24. die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it, change state, turn
- usage: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
- 25. excrete, egest, eliminate, pass, exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
- usage: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
Adjective
- 1. passing(prenominal) (vs. running), pass(prenominal)
- usage: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
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