pass

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A success in a test or exam.

   She needs a pass in maths to enter the course.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of kicking, throwing, or hitting the ball to a teammate.

   His quick pass set up the winning goal.

3. 3
   noun

   An official ticket or document that allows you to enter or do something.

   The media representatives had special passes to the event.

4. 4
   verb

   to move something from one person or place to another

   Could you pass the salt to your brother?

Multiword verbs with pass

• pass off Phrasal verb A2

  to present something under a false identity so that others accept it

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Simplified etymology

Pass entered English in the Middle Ages and, in its sense “go by,” belongs to the family traced through Old French pas to Latin passus “stretch of the leg.” It is closely related historically to pace and passage.

From Middle English passen, from Old French passer (“to step, walk, pass”), from Vulgar Latin *passāre (“step, walk, pass”), derived from Latin passus (“a step”), from Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Old English fæþm (“armful, fathom”). More at fathom. Displaced native Old English genġan.

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