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View definitions for pass

pass

noun as in opening through solid

noun as in authorization, permission

noun as in sexual proposition

Strongest match

noun as in predicament

verb as in surpass, beat

verb as in succeed, graduate

Strongest match

verb as in give, transfer

verb as in express formally

Strongest matches

verb as in decide not to do

verb as in rid of waste

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Example Sentences

San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.

Congress is attempting to pass the buck on federal funding for education.

“They just walk around, they ride in their patrol cars, and they just pass by,” he said.

Typically, aircraft will work in pairs where the flight lead will make an initial pass to mark a target with rockets.

He goes into some detail into what it took to persuade voters to pass marriage equality at the ballot box in four states in 2012.

Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.

But men, through neglecting the rules of health, pass quickly to old age, and die before reaching that term.

Madame and myself had just been regretting that we should have to pass the evening in this miserable hole of a town.

He shall pass into strange countries: for he shall try good and evil among men.

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On this page you'll find 575 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pass, such as: canyon, cut, gap, gorge, passage, and passageway.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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