What is the meaning of pass?

noun

• Baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls. (
  • usage: "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
  • synonyms: base on balls, walk
• Military) a written leave of absence. (
  • usage: "he had a pass for three days"
• American football. ( a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate)
  • usage: "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
  • synonyms: passing play, passing game, passing
• The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.
  • usage: "we got through the pass before it started to snow"
  • synonyms: mountain pass, notch
• Any authorization to pass or go somewhere.
  • usage: "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
  • synonyms: passport
• A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions.
  • usage: "the media representatives had special passes"
  • synonyms: laissez passer
• A flight or run by an aircraft over a target.
  • usage: "the plane turned to make a second pass"
• A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs.
  • synonyms: strait, straits
• A difficult juncture.
  • usage: "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
  • synonyms: head, straits
• One complete cycle of operations (as by a computer. )
  • usage: "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
• You advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent.
  • usage: "he had a bye in the first round"
  • synonyms: bye
• A permit to enter or leave a military installation.
  • usage: "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
  • synonyms: liberty chit
• A complimentary ticket.
  • usage: "the star got passes for his family"
• A usually brief attempt.
  • usage: "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
  • synonyms: crack, fling, go, whirl, offer
• Sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team. (
  • usage: "the pass was fumbled"
  • synonyms: toss, flip
• Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
  • usage: "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
  • synonyms: passing, qualifying

verb

• Go across or through.
  • usage: "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
  • synonyms: go through, go across
• Move past.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by
• Make laws, bills, etc. Or bring into effect by legislation.
  • usage: "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
  • synonyms: legislate
• Pass by.
  • usage: "three years elapsed"
  • synonyms: elapse, lapse, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
• Place into the hands or custody of.
  • usage: "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
  • synonyms: hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
• Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: run, go, lead, extend
• Travel past.
  • usage: "The sports car passed all the trucks"
  • synonyms: overtake, overhaul
• Come to pass.
  • usage: "What is happening"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
  • synonyms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, fall out, come about, take place
• Go unchallenged; be approved.
  • usage: "The bill cleared the House"
  • synonyms: clear
• Pass time in a specific way.
  • usage: "how are you spending your summer vacation"
  • synonyms: spend
• Pass over, across, or through.
  • usage: "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
  • synonyms: guide, run, draw
• Transmit information .
  • usage: "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
  • synonyms: communicate, pass on, pass along, put across
• Disappear gradually.
  • usage: "The pain eventually passed off"
  • synonyms: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet
• Go successfully through a test or a selection process.
  • usage: "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
  • synonyms: make it
• Be superior or better than some standard.
  • usage: "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
  • synonyms: exceed, transcend, overstep, go past, top
• Accept or judge as acceptable.
  • usage: "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
• Allow to go without comment or censure.
  • usage: "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
• Transfer to another; of rights or property.
  • usage: "Our house passed under his official control"
• Pass into a specified state or condition.
  • usage: "He sank into nirvana"
  • synonyms: sink, lapse
• Throw (a ball) to another player.
  • usage: "Smith passed"
• Be inherited by.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: fall, return, devolve
• Cause to pass.
  • usage: "She passed around the plates"
  • synonyms: make pass
• Grant authorization or clearance for.
  • usage: "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
  • synonyms: authorize, authorise, clear
• Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
• Eliminate from the body.
  • usage: "Pass a kidney stone"
  • synonyms: excrete, egest, eliminate

adjective

• Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
  • usage: "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
  • synonyms: passing