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say it: pas
pass is a verb, noun and adjective meaning "go across or through". It is pronounced /ˈpæs/ — pas. It carries 42 recorded senses.
go across or through
“We passed the point where the police car had parked”
“A terrible thought went through his mind”
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”
transmit information
“Please communicate this message to all employees”
“pass along the good news”
go successfully through a test or a selection process
“She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now”
transfer to another; of rights or property
“Our house passed under his official control”
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”
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”
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
“he worked the pitcher for a base on balls”
baseball
(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”
American football
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”
any authorization to pass or go somewhere
“the pass to visit had a strict time limit”
a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
“the media representatives had special passes”
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
“it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass”
computer
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
“he had a bye in the first round”
a permit to enter or leave a military installation
“he had to show his pass in order to get out”
military
success in satisfying a test or requirement
“his future depended on his passing that test”
“he got a pass in introductory chemistry”
of advancing the ball by throwing it
“a team with a good passing attack”
“a pass play”
football
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pass come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.