pass

Word family  noun pass overpass ≠ underpass passage passing adjective passing passable ≠ impassable verb pass

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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pass1 /pɑːs $ pæs/ ●●● S1 W1 verb  1  go past 经过 [intransitive, transitive]PASS/GO PAST to come up to a particular place, person, or object and go past them 经过，越过 The crowd parted to let the truck pass. 人群分开让卡车通过。 He gave me a smile as he passed. 他经过时对我微笑了一下。 We passed a group of students outside the theatre. 我们在戏院外从一群学生身旁经过。 I pass the sports centre on the way to work. 我上班的路上经过体育中心。2  move/go 移动/行进 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]GO to go or travel along or through a place 前行，穿过 He passed along the corridor to a small room at the back of the building. 他穿过走廊来到大楼后面的一间小房间。 We passed through the gates into a courtyard behind. 我们穿过几道门进了后面的院子。 We were just passing through (=travelling through a place) and thought we’d drop in to see you. 我们正好经过，于是就想到顺便来看看你。3  put 放 [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something around, through, or across something else 使环绕；使穿过 He passed the rope carefully around the post. 他把绳子小心地绕在柱子上。4  road/river etc 道路/河流等 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]GO a road, river, or railway line that passes a place goes through or near the place 经过，通过，穿过 The road passes right through the town centre. 那条路正好穿过镇中心。 The main railway line passes just north of Manchester. 那条铁路干线正好经过曼彻斯特北面。5  give 给 [transitive]GIVE to hold something in your hand and give it to someone else 给；递；传递 Pass the salt, please. 请把盐递过来。pass somebody something Can you pass me that bag by your feet? 能把你脚边的那个包递给我吗？pass something to somebody She passed a cup of tea to the headmaster. 她递给校长一杯茶。 I passed the note back to her. 我把纸条递还给她。 → pass around6  give information 提供信息 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]SEND to give information or a job to another person so that they can deal with it 把〔信息或工作〕转给某人〔以便处理〕pass something (on/over/back) to somebody I’ll pass the information on to our sales department. 我会把信息转给我们的销售部。 They’ve passed the enquiry over to the police. 他们把调查事宜转给了警方处理。7  time 时间 a) [intransitive]PASS/TIME PASSING if time passes, it goes by 〔时间〕过去，流逝 The days passed slowly. 日子慢慢地过去。 She became more ambitious as the years passed. 一年年过去，她变得愈加雄心勃勃。 They sat in silence while the minutes passed. 时间一分一秒地过去，他们坐着沉默不语。 Hardly a day passes without more bad news about the economy (=there is bad news almost every day). 几乎没有哪一天不传出经济方面的坏消息。 b) [transitive]SPEND TIME if you pass time or pass your life in a particular way, you spend it in that way 度过〔时间〕 We passed the winter pleasantly enough. 我们相当愉快地度过了那个冬季。 We played cards to pass the time (=to help us stop feeling bored). 我们打扑克牌消磨时间。 RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that they spend time doing something rather than pass time: 在日常英语中,人们表示花时间做某事时,常说spend time,而不说 pass timeI spent the whole day watching TV. 我一整天都在看电视。8  exam/test 考试/测试 a) SEPASS A TEST[intransitive, transitive] to succeed in an examination or test 考试及格；通过（考试） OPP fail Did you pass all your exams? 你考试都及格了吗？ He hasn’t passed his driving test yet. 他还没有通过驾驶考试。 She passed with flying colours (=got very high marks). 她以高分通过。 b) [transitive]SEPASS A TEST to officially decide that someone has succeeded in an examination or test 让〔某人〕通过考试[测试] OPP fail The examiners will only pass you if they feel that you have done the work properly. 只有考官认为你把工作做好了，他们才会让你通过考试。9  law/proposal 法律/提案 a) [transitive]PGPSCL to officially accept a law or proposal, especially by voting 〔尤指以投票方式〕通过〔法律或提案〕 Plans to extend the hotel have now been passed. 扩建酒店的计划现已获得通过。 The motion was passed by 16 votes to 11. 那项动议以16票对11票获得通过。pass a law/bill/act The first Transport Act was passed in 1907. 首部《交通法》于1907年通过。 The government has passed new legislation to protect consumers. 政府通过了新法律以保护消费者。 The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution asking the two countries to resume peace negotiations. 联合国安全理事会通过了一项决议，敦促两国重启和平谈判。 b) [intransitive, transitive] especially American EnglishSCLPG if a law or proposal passes an official group, it is officially accepted by that group 〔法律、提案等〕（被…）通过，（被…）接受 The bill failed to pass the House of Representatives. 那项法案没有在众议院获得通过。► see thesaurus at approve10  happen 发生 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] writtenSPREAD if something passes between people, they speak to each other or do something together 交流，交换pass between A glance of recognition passed between them. 他们对视了一下，认出了对方。 Please say nothing of what has passed here today. 今天在这里说的一切请严格保密。11  SAY 说话pass a remark/comment to say something that gives your opinion 发表评论/意见 I’m afraid I can’t pass any comment on this matter. 关于这件事我恐怕无可奉告。 He passed some remark about doctors being paid too much. 他说了一些医生工资过高的话。12  let something pass IGNOREto deliberately not say anything when someone says or does something that you do not like 对某事物不予理会[不加追究] Carla made some comment about my work but I decided to let it pass. 卡拉对我的工作作了一些评论，但我决定不予理会。13  end 结束 [intransitive]FINISH/COME TO AN END to end or stop 停止 After a couple of hours the storm passed. 几个小时之后暴风雨停止了。 The feeling of sickness soon passed. 恶心的感觉很快就过去了。14  sport 体育运动 [intransitive, transitive]DS to kick, throw, or hit a ball to a member of your own team during a game 〔给己方队员〕传（球）pass to He passed to Beckham on the edge of the penalty area. 他把球传给在禁区边缘的贝克汉姆。pass something to somebody Are you allowed to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper? 允许把球回传给守门员吗？► see thesaurus at throw →4  See picture of 见图 THROW 115  more than 多于 [transitive]MORE THAN A NUMBER OR AMOUNT to become more than a particular number or amount 超过〔某个具体数量〕 The number of unemployed has passed the two million mark for the first time. 失业人数首次突破两百万大关。16  pass unnoticed NOT KNOWto happen without anyone noticing or saying anything 不被注意地发生 His resignation passed largely unnoticed. 几乎无人知晓他辞了职。17. pass the time of day (with somebody) TALK TO somebodyto talk to someone for a short time in order to be friendly （与某人）寒暄18  change control 改变控制权 [intransitive always + preposition] formalSCLB to change from being controlled or owned by one person to being controlled or owned by someone else 〔控制权或所有权〕转移，转让pass to The land will pass to my son when I die. 我死后土地归我儿子所有。 Control of these services has now passed into the hands of the local authorities. 这些机构现在转由地方当局管理。19  change 变化 [intransitive always + preposition] formalHCONDITION/STATE OF something to change from one state or condition into another 转变，转化pass from/to The chemical passes from a liquid to a solid state during the cooling process. 这种化学物质在冷却过程中由液态转化为固态。20  pass (a) sentence (on somebody) SCLSCTto officially decide how a criminal will be punished, and to announce what the punishment will be 判处（某人）〔某刑罚〕 Judges no longer have the power to pass the death sentence. 法官们再也无权判处犯人死刑。21  pass judgment (on somebody) OPINIONto give your opinion about someone’s behaviour （对某人）作出评论 I don’t want to pass judgment on my colleagues. 我不想评论我的同事。22  give no answer 不予回答 [intransitive]NOT KNOW to give no answer to a question because you do not know the answer 不知道；〔因不知道答案而〕略过 ‘Who won the World Cup in 1998?’ ‘Pass.’ “1998 年谁赢了世界杯？”“过。”23  not accept 不接受 [intransitive] to not accept an invitation or offer 拒绝邀请[提议]pass on I’m afraid I’ll have to pass on that offer of coffee. 喝咖啡还是免了吧。24  not pass somebody’s lips humorous a) used to say that someone does not talk about something that is secret 〔秘密〕不会被某人吐露 Don’t worry. Not a word of this will pass my lips. 别担心，这件事我一个字也不会说出去。 b) used to say that someone does not eat or drink a particular thing 〔某东西〕不会被某人吃［喝］ Not a drop of liquor has passed my lips. 我滴酒不沾。25  waste matter 废物 [transitive] medicalHBH to let out a waste substance from your bladder or bowels 排泄 See your doctor immediately if you pass any blood. 如果便中有血要马上去看医生。 He was having difficulty passing water (=letting out urine). 他排尿困难。26. come to pass literary or biblicalHAPPEN to happen 发生 → pass muster at muster2(1), → pass the buck at buck1(3) PHRASAL VERBS27 pass something ↔ around (also pass something ↔ round British English) phrasal verb OFFERto offer or show something to each person in a group 分发；传阅 Pass the cookies around, would you? 请把小甜饼分发给大家，好吗？ → pass the hat round/around at hat(6)28 pass as somebody/something phrasal verb if someone or something can pass as someone or something, they are similar enough to be accepted as that type of person or thing 被以为是，被当成 His French is so good that he can pass as a Frenchman. 他的法语太好了，很可能被当成法国人。29.pass away phrasal verb MXDIEto die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 去世〔委婉说法〕30 pass by phrasal verb a) pass by (somebody/something)GO to go past a person, place, vehicle etc 经过（某人/某事物） They all waved as they passed by. 他们经过时都挥手致意。 Will you be passing by the supermarket on your way home? 你回家的路上经过超级市场吗？ → passerbyb) pass somebody bySATISFIED if something passes you by, it happens but you are not involved in it 发生但未影响某人 She felt that life was passing her by. 她觉得自己未受到生活的眷顾。31 pass something ↔ down phrasal verb SEGIVEto give or teach something to people who are younger than you or live after you 把…传给后人；把…往下传be passed down (from somebody) to somebody The tradition has been passed down from father to son for generations. 这一传统由父传子，世代相传。n Grammar Pass down is usually passive.32 pass for somebody/something phrasal verb SAMEif something passes for another thing, it is so similar to that thing that people think that is what it is 被看[当]成，被认为是 With my hair cut short, I could have passed for a boy. 我要是把头发剪短，或许会被当成男孩。33 pass off phrasal verb a) pass off well/badly etcWAY/MANNER if an event passes off well, badly etc, it happens in that way 进行顺利/不顺利等 The visit passed off without any serious incidents. 这次访问没有发生太大的意外。b) pass somebody/something off as something to make people think that someone or something is another thing 把某人/某物冒充为… 假称某人/某物是… They bought up pieces of old furniture and passed them off as valuable antiques. 他们收购旧家具，然后假称它们是值钱的古董。 He passed himself off as a doctor. 他谎称自己是医生。34 pass on phrasal verb a) TELL pass something ↔ on to give someone a piece of information that someone else has given to you 把〔信息〕传给〔其他人〕pass something ↔ on to She said she’d pass the message on to the other students. 她说她会把消息传给其他学生。b) pass something ↔ on i. MIGIVEto give something, especially a disease, to your children through your genes 把〔尤指疾病〕遗传给 ii. MIGIVEto give a slight illness to someone else 传染〔疾病〕 to One catches the virus and they pass it on to the rest. 一个人感染这种病毒，然后传染给其余的人。c) pass something ↔ onBCOST to make someone else pay the cost of something 把〔费用〕转嫁pass something ↔ on to Any increase in our costs will have to be passed on to the consumer. 我们增加的任何成本都得转嫁给消费者。d) to die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 去世〔委婉说法〕35 pass out phrasal verb a) MIUNCONSCIOUSto become unconscious 昏过去，晕倒，失去知觉 I nearly passed out when I saw all the blood. 看到那么多血我差点昏过去。b) especially British EnglishSEPM to finish a course of study at a military school or police college 〔从军校或警校〕毕业c) pass something ↔ out to give something, such as books or papers, to everyone in a group 分发某物 SYN hand out, distribute36 pass over phrasal verb a) pass somebody ↔ overBE if you are passed over for a job, someone else who is younger or lower in the organization than you is chosen for it 〔某项工作〕不考虑某人，跳过某人 This is the second time I’ve been passed over for promotion (=someone else has been given a higher job instead of me). 我这已经是第二次没有得到升职机会了。n Grammar Pass over is usually passive in this meaning.b) pass over somethingIGNORE if you pass over a remark or subject, you do not spend any time discussing it 〔谈话中〕忽略某事，对某事不加理会 I want to pass over this quite quickly. 这一点我想一带而过。 I think we’d better pass over that last remark. 我想我们最好不要理会最后那句话。37 pass something ↔ up phrasal verb NOT DO somethingto not make use of a chance to do something 放过[放弃，错过]〔机会〕pass up a chance/opportunity/offer I don’t think you should pass up the opportunity to go to university. 我觉得你不该放弃上大学的机会。→ See Verb table

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pass• Do you think you'll pass?• "I'm taking my driving test today." "Do you think you'll pass?"• He drums his fingers on the chairback as he passes.• Moreover, the most important legislation for bond market investors -- the 1996 budget bill -- has already been passed.• This falling from the branch business, she thought, made you realise how the years were passing.• Taylor receive discounts from publishers, which they agree to pass along to customers.• Actually, they ran better than they passed, although they passed spectacularly on occasion.• Congress has passed an education-reform law.• Each car has to be passed by a team of inspectors before it leaves the factory.• Dan's worried he won't pass calculus.• I pass her house every day on my way to work.• His blood pressure was rather high so the doctor couldn't pass him as fit for the job.• If he stays injury-free, Stumpel should pass his personal best of 76 points.• Dr. Todd said the pain would pass in a day or two.• Who ever had it then still had it, or had passed it on.• In August that year $ 25 million worth of vaccine was backlogged and in danger of passing its six-month expiration date.• Hey, pass me the ball!• As time passes, the disease progresses through several distinct stages.• I'll get you some aspirin - I pass the drugstore on the way to work.• Ellis quickly passed the note to the woman, looking around to check that no one had noticed.• Could you pass the salt, please?• "Do you want to go fishing Saturday?" "Sorry, I'll have to pass this time."• Details of the attack had been passed to enemy agents.• Johnson passes to White, White passes to Eliot, and Eliot scores!• A big Cadillac passed us as we walked up the hill.• A police car passed us doing 90 miles an hour.just passing through• Like Florida tourists, some of the avian visitors are just passing through.• Once again, remember: you're just passing through.• Remember: You are just passing through.• I'm just passing through on my way to Tulsa.• Some are summer or winter visitors, while others are just passing through on their journey north or south.• They were just passing through, so there was nothing to get excited about.• However, if these observations can be made by somebody just passing through the service, surely something is wrong.passes ... through• A wave of fear suddenly passes through Primo.• It passes quickly through the body.• The moving phase is a gaS which passes through the column.• It passes through the confining layer somewhere above the aquifer.• If the light passes through the egg, it is infertile.• The oxygen ion passes through the membrane and emerges on the other side as pure oxygen gas.• Little that is unfathomable or startling passes through the mind of a Minister preparing legislation.• The release pin holds the pack closed as it passes through this loop after securing the eyelets.pass somebody something• Could you pass me that pen over there?pass something (on/over/back) to somebody• They passed close to her, where she crouched still in the bushes.• I calmly passed the gun back to him.• At two Mina was passed from father to husband.• I tried to pass on to Louie everything I knew about the business.• One of the most important gifts a teacher can pass on to pupils is a sense of control over one's life.• Oliver passed the receiver to Rain.• Maybe Sandler got out of the curse by passing it off to them?to pass the time• A guard moved alongside, peering in that inquisitive way, like what do we have here to pass the time.• It helps to pass the time.• It was at such times that I seriously considered taking up smoking myself, just to pass the time.• Karma Rubbish smokes at the end of the garden, cracking its knuckles to pass the time.• That seemed reasonable to the princess, so she climbed a tree and set about spinning to pass the time.• The people played games to pass the time during the winter too.• More than just helping to pass the time, he discovers that making up stories can be a pleasure in itself.• He jumps off waterfalls to pass the time of day.passed with flying colours• Fortunately, like the other tests, the 31-year-old convent-educated beauty passed with flying colours.pass a law/bill/act• Catholics passed laws against intermarriage between people of the two faiths.• In due course, the government's response was to pass a law and appoint an Alkali Inspector named Angus Smith.• We pass laws in a bid to create a peaceful society.• At the same time, Congress passed an act reducing tariff rates.• It passes a law saying that all envelopes must be left unsealed, so that it can open letters with ease.• The 35-year veteran of Capitol Hill can not brag that he knows how to pass bills through the Senate.• State legislatures, in the meantime, have been passing laws to make such consolidations and cooperation easier.• Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan all passed laws to restrict benefits and introduce time limits.pass between• Not many words passed between us during the trip home.passed the ... mark• In 1975 the total was £1149, last year we made £7000, and this year we have passed the £8000 mark.• Membership had passed the 100 mark already.• In 1976, unemployment in Britain passed the one-million mark for the first time since the Second World War.• Enroute to amassing that sum, the second highest of his career, he passed the £1 million mark in career earnings.• The proportion of Sinhalese policemen passed the fifty percent mark in the 1920s, and continued to rise thereafter.• Border had not passed the 50 mark since his first innings of the tour against Somerset.passed into the hands of• Disposal No. 1-20 passed into the hands of London Transport and for the next few months continued to work as before.pass from/to• When water freezes, it passes from a liquid to a solid state.• The college is also considering issuing passes to all full-time students.• He was passed from embrace to loving embrace.• The title passes from father to son.• Both quarterbacks were throwing big passes to guys wearing Dallas uniforms.• Most of the time they are passed from one family member to another.• Such tastes are passed from one generation to the other, reinforced by the environment in which a family exists.• Boss died in 1948, and the company passed to the next two generations.• In addition, data could be passed to the police, private detectives or computer database holders.• Signals are passed from the recorder to the playback controller and then to a stereo ready monitor. pass on• I'm grateful for everything that has been said today, and I will be sure to pass it on.• There's only one copy of the leaflet, so when you've read it please pass it on.• When he gave up playing football, he passed on all his gear to me.• Officials admitted that they failed to pass on important information.• Please pass on my sympathy to Mr and Mrs Stanton.• Could you pass on my thanks for all these lovely gifts?• I had to pass on the last question.• He was accused of stealing secret documents and passing them on to the enemy.• She said she'd pass the message on to the other students.• It was discovered that he had been passing secrets on to the Russians whilst working at the Pentagon.passing water• He was passing water painfully and he couldn't sleep.• Indeed, she had been one of those in the chain passing water to the house from the pond.

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pass2 ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable]  1  document 文件PGOLET/ALLOW an official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter a building or travel on something without paying 出入证，通行证；（免费）乘车证 The guard checked our passes. 警卫检查了我们的通行证。 They issued us with free passes to the theatre. 他们发给我们那家剧院的免费入场券。 You can buy a cheap one-day bus pass. 你可以买一张便宜的一日有效的公共汽车乘车证。2  exam/test 考试/测试SE a successful result in an examination （考试）及格 OPP fail You will need at least three passes to get onto the course. 你至少需要三门及格才能上这门课。pass in Did you get a pass in English? 你英语考试及格了吗？ The pass mark (=the mark you need to be successful) is 55%. 及格分数是55分。3  sport 体育DS when you kick, throw, or hit a ball to another member of your team during a game 传球 That was a brilliant pass by Holden. 那是霍尔登的一记精彩传球。 →5 see picture at 见图 american football4. make a pass at somebody informalSYSEXY to try to kiss or touch another person with the intention of starting a sexual relationship with them 挑逗某人，撩拨某人5  road/path 道路/小路DNWAY/ROUTE a high road or path that goes between mountains to the other side 山道，山口 a narrow, winding mountain pass 狭窄蜿蜒的山道6  stage 阶段PART one part of a process that involves dealing with the whole of a group or thing several times 轮，回 On the first pass we eliminated all the candidates who didn’t have the right experience. 第一轮我们淘汰了所有不具备相关经验的候选人。 7. aircraft 飞行器 a movement in which an aircraft flies once over a place which it is attacking 〔飞机等在攻击目标上空的〕飞越8. come to a pretty/sorry pass old-fashioned informalUNPLEASANT if things have come to a pretty or sorry pass, a situation has become very bad 处境糟糕

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pass• He has completed 121 of 218 passes for 1,354 yards and eight touchdowns with five interceptions this season.• Students must obtain a pass before leaving campus.• He looks too much to make a big pass rather than do what comes naturally, which is score.• The harvester moved round the field in a strict square, so that the standing crop grew smaller and smaller with every pass.• Comet Shoemaker-Levy passed through our solar system and crashed into Jupiter July 16,1994.• This is a classic hail Mary pass.• a narrow mountain pass• They scored a direct hit of the target on their second pass.• The Bruins set up a play for Johnson in the low post, but Dollar traveled while trying to make the pass.• Davis scored on a 40-yard pass from Elway.bus pass• I can't even get a bus pass.• I got a social worker and she suggested I get a bus pass, so I could get to town.• All the aggravation about replacing by bus pass, credit cards and library cards etc, all because I was thoughtless.• You can use your included Canal Bus Pass to hop on and off the Rembrandt cruise.• They may soon be getting free bus passes but they know how to rock.• Townspeople are being asked to sign a petition to help save the bus passes of Langbaurgh's 22,000 pensioners and disabled.• Surely he would be better advised to start a new series with Bus Pass Wish One.pass mark• It is not a pass mark and yet all children are supposed to aspire to it.• How would students react to you setting a pass mark of say 80%?• He completed 192 of 303 throws for 3,023 yards and 28 touchdowns, the second-best passing mark in the nation.• Her passing marks a loss for those everywhere who love the printed word, and Tucson is the poorer for it.• But he did not pass Mark.• Instead, the pass mark was set higher for girls!• For example, what pass mark would they set for an examination they are about to sit?From Longman Business Dictionarypasspass1 /pɑːspæs/ verb1[transitive] if an official group passes a law, proposal etc, or it passes that group, it is accepted by them, especially by votingShareholders of Fibreboard Corp. narrowly passed a measure doubling the shares in the company’s employee stock option plan.Congress this year will pass a bill giving banks permission to open branches nationwide.Legislation similar to the anti-price-fixing bill passed the Senate last month.2[intransitive, transitive] to succeed in an examination, test etcPolicyholders must pass a medical to qualify for lower insurance rates.How could faulty valves have passed the inspections?3[transitive] to give someone a piece of information, knowledge, a message etc that has been received from someone elsepass something to/onto etcThe transmitters pass phone calls to and from cellular phones.Firms can’t pass information onto third parties until it is released by the stockmarket’s own news service.pass something on/alongEmployees were suspected of passing on confidential documents.4[intransitive]LAW to go officially from one person’s control or ownership to someone else’sSales will be recognised when title (=ownership) passes or when the contract is signed.pass toThe property had passed to him after his father’s death.5pass a dividendFINANCE to fail to pay the DIVIDEND on a share (=the part of the profit paid to shareholders) in a particular period of time, usually because of financial difficultiesThe steelwork group is passing its final dividend after profits plunged last year. 6[intransitive, transitive] if a particular date or time passes, or you pass it, it goes by and is in the pastThe IRS will permit an extension of time for certain actions even after the deadline has passed.7pass 500/pass the $2,000 mark etc to go above a particular amount, number or level, as a total gradually increasesAluminum prices passed $1 a pound last week, a rise of 43% since March.Israel’s population passed the six million mark in 1999. → pass something ↔ on → pass something ↔ off → pass somebody over → pass something through something → pass up→ See Verb tablepasspass2 noun [countable] a special document containing a person’s name and often their photograph, showing that they are allowed to enter a particular building, travel somewhere etcSimply present your Executive Club card andboarding pass (=one that allows you to get on a plane) to receive a complimentary drink.Origin pass1 (1200-1300) Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus “step” pass2 1. (1400-1500) → PASS12. (1200-1300) Old French pas, from Latin passus; → PASS1

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pass¹ S1 W1 /pɑːs $ pæs/ verb1.  GO PAST  [intransitive and transitive] to come up to a particular place, person, or object and go past them:
    The crowd parted to let the truck pass.
    He gave me a smile as he passed.
    We passed a group of students outside the theatre.
    I pass the sports centre on the way to work.
2.  MOVE/GO  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go or travel along or through a place:
    He passed along the corridor to a small room at the back of the building.
    We passed through the gates into a courtyard behind.
    We were just passing through (=travelling through a place) and thought we’d drop in to see you.
3.  PUT  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something around, through, or across something else:
    He passed the rope carefully around the post.
4.  ROAD/RIVER ETC  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] a road, river, or railway line that passes a place goes through or near the place:
    The road passes right through the town centre.
    The main railway line passes just north of Manchester.
5.  GIVE  [transitive] to hold something in your hand and give it to someone else:
    Pass the salt, please.
    pass somebody something
    Can you pass me that bag by your feet?
    pass something to somebody
    She passed a cup of tea to the headmaster.
    I passed the note back to her. ⇨ pass around
6.  GIVE INFORMATION  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to give information or a job to another person so that they can deal with it
    pass something (on/over/back) to somebody
    I’ll pass the information on to our sales department.
    They’ve passed the enquiry over to the police.
7.  TIME
  a. [intransitive] if time passes, it goes by:
    The days passed slowly.
    She became more ambitious as the years passed.
    They sat in silence while the minutes passed.
    Hardly a day passes without more bad news about the economy (=there is bad news almost every day).
  b. [transitive] if you pass time or pass your life in a particular way, you spend it in that way:
    We passed the winter pleasantly enough.
    We played cards to pass the time (=to help us stop feeling bored).
  REGISTER
    In everyday English, people usually say that they spend time doing something rather than pass time:
   ▪ I spent the whole day watching TV.
8.  EXAM/TEST
  a. [intransitive and transitive] to succeed in an examination or test
   OPP  fail:
    Did you pass all your exams?
    He hasn’t passed his driving test yet.
    She passed with flying colours (=got very high marks).
  b. [transitive] to officially decide that someone has succeeded in an examination or test
   OPP  fail:
    The examiners will only pass you if they feel that you have done the work properly.
9.  LAW/PROPOSAL
  a. [transitive] to officially accept a law or proposal, especially by voting:
    Plans to extend the hotel have now been passed.
    The motion was passed by 16 votes to 11.
    pass a law/bill/act
    The first Transport Act was passed in 1907.
    The government has passed new legislation to protect consumers.
    The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution asking the two countries to resume peace negotiations.
  b. [intransitive and transitive] especially American English if a law or proposal passes an official group, it is officially accepted by that group:
    The bill failed to pass the House of Representatives.
10.  HAPPEN  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] written if something passes between people, they speak to each other or do something together
    pass between
    A glance of recognition passed between them.
    Please say nothing of what has passed here today.
11.  SAY pass a remark/comment to say something that gives your opinion:
    I’m afraid I can’t pass any comment on this matter.
    He passed some remark about doctors being paid too much.
12. let something pass to deliberately not say anything when someone says or does something that you do not like:
    Carla made some comment about my work but I decided to let it pass.
13.  END  [intransitive] to end or stop:
    After a couple of hours the storm passed.
    The feeling of sickness soon passed.
14.  SPORT  [intransitive and transitive] to kick, throw, or hit a ball to a member of your own team during a game
    pass to
    He passed to Beckham on the edge of the penalty area.
    pass something to somebody
    Are you allowed to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper?
15.  MORE THAN  [transitive] to become more than a particular number or amount:
    The number of unemployed has passed the two million mark for the first time.
16. pass unnoticed to happen without anyone noticing or saying anything:
    His resignation passed largely unnoticed.
17. pass the time of day (with somebody) to talk to someone for a short time in order to be friendly
18.  CHANGE CONTROL  [intransitive always + preposition] formal to change from being controlled or owned by one person to being controlled or owned by someone else
    pass to
    The land will pass to my son when I die.
    Control of these services has now passed into the hands of the local authorities.
19.  CHANGE  [intransitive always + preposition] formal to change from one state or condition into another
    pass from/to
    The chemical passes from a liquid to a solid state during the cooling process.
20. pass (a) sentence (on somebody) to officially decide how a criminal will be punished, and to announce what the punishment will be:
    Judges no longer have the power to pass the death sentence.
21. pass judgment (on somebody) to give your opinion about someone’s behaviour:
    I don’t want to pass judgment on my colleagues.
22.  GIVE NO ANSWER  [intransitive] to give no answer to a question because you do not know the answer:
    ‘Who won the World Cup in 1998?’ ‘Pass.’
23.  NOT ACCEPT  [intransitive] to not accept an invitation or offer
    pass on
    I’m afraid I’ll have to pass on that offer of coffee.
24. not pass sb’s lips humorous
  a. used to say that someone does not talk about something that is secret:
    Don’t worry. Not a word of this will pass my lips.
  b. used to say that someone does not eat or drink a particular thing:
    Not a drop of liquor has passed my lips.
25.  WASTE MATTER  [transitive] medical to let out a waste substance from your bladder or bowels:
    See your doctor immediately if you pass any blood.
    He was having difficulty passing water (=letting out urine).
26. come to pass literary biblical to happen
⇨ pass muster at muster²(1), ⇨ pass the buck at buck¹(3)
pass something ↔ around (also pass something ↔ round British English) phrasal verb
  to offer or show something to each person in a group:
    Pass the cookies around, would you?
  ⇨ pass the hat round/around at hat(6)
     
pass as somebody/something phrasal verb
  if someone or something can pass as someone or something, they are similar enough to be accepted as that type of person or thing:
    His French is so good that he can pass as a Frenchman.
pass away phrasal verb
  to die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’
pass by phrasal verb
  1. pass by (somebody/something) to go past a person, place, vehicle etc:
    They all waved as they passed by.
    Will you be passing by the supermarket on your way home? ⇨ passerby
  2. pass somebody by if something passes you by, it happens but you are not involved in it:
    She felt that life was passing her by.
pass something ↔ down phrasal verb [usually passive]
  to give or teach something to people who are younger than you or live after you
    pass something down (from somebody) to somebody
    The tradition has been passed down from father to son for generations.
pass for somebody/something phrasal verb
  if something passes for another thing, it is so similar to that thing that people think that is what it is:
    With my hair cut short, I could have passed for a boy.
pass off phrasal verb
  1. pass off well/badly etc if an event passes off well, badly etc, it happens in that way:
    The visit passed off without any serious incidents.
  2. pass somebody/something off as something to make people think that someone or something is another thing:
    They bought up pieces of old furniture and passed them off as valuable antiques.
    He passed himself off as a doctor.
pass on phrasal verb
  1. pass something ↔ on to give someone a piece of information that someone else has given to you
    pass something ↔ on to
    She said she’d pass the message on to the other students.
  2. pass something ↔ on
  a. to give something, especially a disease, to your children through your genes
  b. to give a slight illness to someone else
    pass something ↔ on to
    One catches the virus and they pass it on to the rest.
  3. pass something ↔ on to make someone else pay the cost of something
    pass something ↔ on to
    Any increase in our costs will have to be passed on to the consumer.
  4. to die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’
pass out phrasal verb
  1. to become unconscious:
    I nearly passed out when I saw all the blood.
  2. especially British English to finish a course of study at a military school or police college
  3. pass something ↔ out to give something, such as books or papers, to everyone in a group
   SYN  hand out, distribute
pass over phrasal verb
  1. pass somebody ↔ over [usually in passive] if you pass someone over for a job, you choose someone else who is younger or lower in the organization than them:
    This is the second time I’ve been passed over for promotion (=someone else has been given a higher job instead of me).
  2. pass over something if you pass over a remark or subject, you do not spend any time discussing it:
    I want to pass over this quite quickly.
    I think we’d better pass over that last remark.
pass something ↔ up phrasal verb
  to not make use of a chance to do something
    pass up a chance/opportunity/offer
    I don’t think you should pass up the opportunity to go to university.

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pass² S2 W3 noun [countable]1.  DOCUMENT an official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter a building or travel on something without paying:
    The guard checked our passes.
    They issued us with free passes to the theatre.
    You can buy a cheap one-day bus pass.
2.  EXAM/TEST a successful result in an examination
   OPP  fail:
    You will need at least three passes to get onto the course.
    pass in
    Did you get a pass in English?
    The pass mark (=the mark you need to be successful) is 55%.
3.  SPORT when you kick, throw, or hit a ball to another member of your team during a game:
    That was a brilliant pass by Holden.
4. make a pass at somebody informal to try to kiss or touch another person with the intention of starting a sexual relationship with them
5.  ROAD/PATH a high road or path that goes between mountains to the other side:
    a narrow, winding mountain pass
6.  STAGE one part of a process that involves dealing with the whole of a group or thing several times:
    On the first pass we eliminated all the candidates who didn’t have the right experience.
7.  AIRCRAFT a movement in which an aircraft flies once over a place which it is attacking
8. come to a pretty/sorry pass old-fashioned informal if things have come to a pretty or sorry pass, a situation has become very bad