"pass" | Definition and Related Words

pass

Adjective

Of advancing the ball by throwing it (synset 301244800)
"a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"

referred to in: football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal

same as: passing

Noun

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls (synset 100128106)
"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"

referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

is a type of: accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing something

same as: base on balls, walk
(military) a written leave of absence (synset 115164512)
"he had a pass for three days"

referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation

is a type of: leave, leave of absence - the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate (synset 100561566)
"the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"

referred to in: american football, american football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays

is a type of: football play - (American football) a play by the offensive team
subtypes:
- aerial, forward pass - a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
- lateral, lateral pass - a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
- spot pass - a pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does
same as: passing, passing game, passing play
The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks (synset 109409735)
"we got through the pass before it started to snow"

is a type of: location - a point or extent in space
subtypes:
- col, gap - a pass between mountain peaks
- defile, gorge - a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- saddle, saddleback - a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
specific instances:
- brenner pass - an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions
- cumberland gap - a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
- donner pass - a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died
- khyber pass - a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India
is a part of: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains - a series of hills or mountains

same as: mountain pass, notch
Any authorization to pass or go somewhere (synset 106703828)
"the pass to visit had a strict time limit"

is a type of: permission - approval to do something

subtypes: safe-conduct, safeguard - a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

same as: passport
A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions (synset 106703153)
"the media representatives had special passes"

is a type of: permission - approval to do something
subtypes:
- boarding card, boarding pass - a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane
- hall pass - written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school
- ticket-of-leave - a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
same as: laissez passer
A flight or run by an aircraft over a target (synset 100305418)
"the plane turned to make a second pass"

is a type of: flight, flying - an instance of traveling by air
A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs (synset 113959972)
is a type of: situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty

subtypes: desperate straits, dire straits - a state of extreme distress

same as: strait, straits
A difficult juncture (synset 107433422)
"a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"

is a type of: juncture, occasion - an event that occurs at a critical time

same as: head, straits
One complete cycle of operations (as by a computer) (synset 107356460)
"it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"

referred to in: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically

is a type of: cycle, oscillation - a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
An automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent (synset 107191150)
"he had a bye in the first round"

is a type of: conceding, concession, yielding - the act of conceding or yielding

same as: bye
A permit to enter or leave a military installation (synset 106702971)
"he had to show his pass in order to get out"

referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation

is a type of: licence, license, permit - a legal document giving official permission to do something

same as: liberty chit
A complimentary ticket (synset 106531360)
"the star got passes for his family"

is a type of: ticket - a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
A usually brief attempt (synset 100788715)
"he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

is a type of: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

same as: crack, fling, go, offer, whirl
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team (synset 100106640)
"the pass was fumbled"

referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

is a type of: throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)

subtypes: centering, snap - (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

same as: flip, toss
Success in satisfying a test or requirement (synset 100066395)
"his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"

is a type of: success - an attainment that is successful

same as: passing, qualifying

Verb

Go across or through (synset 202054081)
"We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"

is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
subtypes:
- break through, crack - pass through (a barrier)
- squeak by, squeak through - escape
- transit - pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
- cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse - travel across or pass over
- infiltrate, pass through - pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
- run - cover by running; run a certain distance
- move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, transit - make a passage or journey from one place to another
- cut - pass directly and often in haste
- crash - move violently as through a barrier
- muscle - make one's way by force
- overstep, transgress, trespass - pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- negociate, negotiate - succeed in passing through, around, or over
- lock - pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- make, work - proceed along a path
- cycle - pass through a cycle
- blunder, fumble - make one's way clumsily or blindly
Move past (synset 202055618)
"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"

is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
subtypes:
- skirt - pass around or about; move along the border
- run by - pass by while running
- fly by - pass by while flying
- fly by, whisk by, zip by - move by very quickly
same as: go by, go past, pass by, surpass, travel by
Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation (synset 202472093)
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"

is a type of: enact, ordain - order by virtue of superior authority; decree

same as: legislate
Pass by (synset 202076777)
"three years elapsed"

is a type of: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

subtypes: fell, fly, vanish - pass away rapidly

same as: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, slide by, slip away, slip by
Place into the hands or custody of (synset 202235554)
"hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

is a type of: transfer - cause to change ownership
subtypes:
- give - leave with; give temporarily
- slip, sneak - pass on stealthily
- deal - give (a specific card) to a player
- deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in - to surrender someone or something to another
- free, give up, release, relinquish, resign - part with a possession or right
- commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust - confer a trust upon
- entrust, leave - put into the care or protection of someone
same as: give, hand, pass on, reach, turn over
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope;
Run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point (synset 202691775)
"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"

is a type of: be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
subtypes:
- come - extend or reach
- radiate, ray - extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
- go deep, go far - extend in importance or range
- underrun - run or pass below
same as: extend, go, lead, run

verb group: range, run - change or be different within limits
Travel past (synset 202053645)
"The sports car passed all the trucks"

is a type of: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
subtypes:
- get by - pass or move in front of
- clear, top - pass by, over, or under without making contact
same as: overhaul, overtake
Come to pass (synset 200340744)
"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
subtypes:
- break, develop, recrudesce - happen
- arise, come up - result or issue
- result - come about or follow as a consequence
- intervene - occur between other event or between certain points of time
- transpire - come about, happen, or occur
- give - occur
- supervene - take place as an additional or unexpected development
- go, proceed - follow a certain course
- come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course
- fall - occur at a specified time or place
- anticipate - be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
- develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- recur, repeat - happen or occur again
- come off, go off, go over - happen in a particular manner
- come around, roll around - happen regularly
- happen, materialise, materialize - come into being; become reality
- bechance, befall, happen - happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
- bechance, befall, betide - become of; happen to
- coincide, concur - happen simultaneously
- backfire, backlash, recoil - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
- chance - be the case by chance
- break - happen or take place
- fall, shine, strike - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- turn out - prove to be in the result or end
- contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize - happen at the same time
same as: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass off, take place
Go unchallenged;
Be approved (synset 202529017)
"The bill cleared the House"

is a type of: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win - attain success or reach a desired goal

subtypes: clear - pass an inspection or receive authorization

same as: clear
Use up a period of time in a specific way (synset 202714280)
"how are you spending your summer vacation?"
subtypes:
- soldier - serve as a soldier in the military
- slum - spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
- weekend - spend the weekend
- holiday, vacation - spend or take a vacation
- do, serve - spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- get through, while away - spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time
- sojourn - spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
- overwinter, winter - spend the winter
- summer - spend the summer
same as: spend
Pass over, across, or through (synset 201214794)
"He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
subtypes:
- rub - move over something with pressure
- thread - pass through or into
- thread - pass a thread through
same as: draw, guide, run
verb group:
- draw, string, thread - thread on or as if on a string
- lead, run - cause something to pass or lead somewhere
Transmit information (synset 200744289)
"Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

is a type of: communicate, convey, transmit - transfer to another
subtypes:
- implant, plant - put firmly in the mind
- send a message - give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally
- relay - pass along
- get across, put over - communicate successfully
- ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
- telecommunicate - communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
- acknowledge, receipt - report the receipt of
- carry - pass on a communication
- deliver, render, return - pass down
- message - send as a message
- message - send a message to
same as: communicate, pass along, pass on, put across
Disappear gradually (synset 200422644)
"The pain eventually passed off"

is a type of: disappear, go away, vanish - get lost, as without warning or explanation

same as: blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass off
Go successfully through a test or a selection process (synset 202530710)
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"

is a type of: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win - attain success or reach a desired goal

subtypes: ace, breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through - succeed at easily

same as: make it
Be superior or better than some standard (synset 202674870)
"She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"

is a type of: excel, stand out, surpass - distinguish oneself

same as: exceed, go past, overstep, top, transcend
Accept or judge as acceptable (synset 202529619)
"The teacher passed the student although he was weak"

causes: make it, pass - go successfully through a test or a selection process

is a type of: evaluate, judge, pass judgment - form a critical opinion of
Allow to go without comment or censure (synset 202428309)
"the insult passed as if unnoticed"

is a type of: allow, let, permit - make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
Transfer to another;
Of rights or property (synset 202226417)
"Our house passed under his official control"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Pass into a specified state or condition (synset 201976145)
"He sank into nirvana"

is a type of: move - go or proceed from one point to another

same as: lapse, sink
Throw (a ball) to another player (synset 202236255)
"Smith passed"

is a type of: throw - propel through the air
Be inherited by (synset 202234332)
"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"

is a type of: change hands, change owners - be transferred to another owner

subtypes: fall, light - fall to somebody by assignment or lot

same as: devolve, fall, return

verb group: accrue, fall - come into the possession of
Cause to pass (synset 202056400)
"She passed around the plates"

causes: pass - go across or through
subtypes:
- cycle - cause to go through a recurring sequence
- pass off - cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
- pass through - cause to move through
- lead, run - cause something to pass or lead somewhere
same as: make pass
Grant authorization or clearance for (synset 200804987)
"Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

is a type of: allow, countenance, let, permit - consent to, give permission
subtypes:
- approbate - approve or sanction officially
- certificate - authorize by certificate
- approve, o.k., okay, sanction - give sanction to
- declare - authorize payments of
- certify, licence, license - authorize officially
- commission - charge with a task
- formalise, formalize, validate - declare or make legally valid
same as: authorise, authorize, clear
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (synset 200359085)
"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"

is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
subtypes:
- abort - cease development, die, and be aborted
- asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- buy it, pip out - be killed or die
- drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- predecease - die before; die earlier than
- famish, starve - die of food deprivation
- fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt
- succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
same as: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it
verb group:
- break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad - stop operating or functioning
- die - suffer or face the pain of death
Eliminate from the body (synset 200072742)
"Pass a kidney stone"

is a type of: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release - eliminate (a substance)
subtypes:
- perspire, sudate, sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
- exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
- make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee - eliminate urine
- urinate - pass after the manner of urine
- empty, evacuate, void - excrete or discharge from the body
- ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit - have a bowel movement
- barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
same as: egest, eliminate, excrete

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