PASS


Meaning of PASS in English

I.

noun

1 in sports

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep , long

▪ short

▪ good , perfect

▪ dropped , errant , incomplete

Robson had pounced on a dropped ~.

▪ careless ( esp. BrE ), sloppy

▪ crisp , quick

▪ back , cross-field , square (all in football/soccer)

▪ forward (in rugby)

The referee disallowed the try for a forward ~.

▪ bounce , inbounds , lob , no-look , outlet (in basketball)

▪ screen , swing , touchdown (in American football)

VERB + PASS

▪ play

Lafferty played a ~ down the right to Gallagher.

▪ deliver

▪ get , pick up , receive

He picked up a back ~ from one of his defenders.

▪ complete , throw (both in American football)

McNabb has completed 57% of his ~es with five touchdowns.

▪ catch , drop (both in American football)

▪ block , defend

His long reach enables him to block ~es.

The Dolphins are among the NFL's best at defending the ~.

▪ intercept

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ from

Owen picked up a long ~ from Beckham to score.

▪ ~ to

He played a back ~ to the goalkeeper.

2 ( esp. BrE ) success in exam/course

ADJECTIVE

▪ good ( BrE )

▪ exam , examination

▪ A level , GCSE , etc.

VERB + PASS

▪ get ( BrE , AmE ), obtain , scrape

She barely scraped a ~ in chemistry.

PASS + NOUN

▪ mark ( BrE ), rate ( BrE , AmE )

The ~ mark is 40%.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ at

It's difficult to obtain a ~ at A Level.

▪ ~ in

He should get a good ~ in mathematics. ( BrE )

3 official piece of paper

ADJECTIVE

▪ free

▪ day , monthly , weekend , yearly

▪ two-day , three-day , etc.

▪ bus , rail , railway ( BrE )

a monthly rail ~

▪ security

▪ boarding

The flight attendant asked to see my boarding ~.

▪ hall ( AmE )

The teacher wrote out a hall ~ and handed it to her.

▪ backstage

▪ press , VIP

VERB + PASS

▪ have

▪ use

▪ give sb , issue (sb with)

The visitors were issued with day ~es.

▪ produce , show

PREPOSITION

▪ on a ~

soldiers on a weekend ~

▪ ~ to

We bought a two-day ~ to Disneyland.

4 way through mountains

ADJECTIVE

▪ high , low

▪ narrow

▪ mountain

VERB + PASS

▪ cross , take

PREPOSITION

▪ over a/the ~

They had to struggle over the ~ with their donkeys.

▪ through a/the ~

A road was built through the ~.

▪ ~ over

We took the high ~ over the ridge.

PHRASES

▪ the head of the ~ , the summit of the ~ , the top of the ~

II.

verb

1 of time

ADVERB

▪ quickly , rapidly , soon , swiftly

The time ~ed quickly.

▪ slowly

▪ peacefully , uneventfully

The days ~ed uneventfully.

VERB + PASS

▪ help (to)

We played games to help ~ the time.

2 law

ADVERB

▪ unanimously

▪ overwhelmingly

▪ narrowly

The Kansas State House narrowly ~ed the legislation last year.

PREPOSITION

▪ by … to … 

The bill was ~ed by 360 votes to 280.

3 happen

ADVERB

▪ peacefully

VERB + PASS

▪ come to ( formal or old-fashioned )

How did such a disaster come to ~?

I wondered how it came to ~ that a thinking man bore the prejudices of his unthinking parents.

▪ let sth

I don't like it, but I'll let it ~ (= will not object) .

PREPOSITION

▪ between

They'll never be friends again after all that has ~ed between them.

PHRASES

▪ ~ unnoticed

In the confusion her departure ~ed unnoticed.

Pass is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ amendment , ↑ boat , ↑ bullet , ↑ car , ↑ century , ↑ cloud , ↑ congress , ↑ convoy , ↑ council , ↑ crown , ↑ danger , ↑ day , ↑ deadline , ↑ decade , ↑ fit , ↑ footstep , ↑ fortnight , ↑ hour , ↑ legislature , ↑ minute , ↑ moment , ↑ month , ↑ moon , ↑ morning , ↑ nausea , ↑ ownership , ↑ parliament , ↑ procession , ↑ second , ↑ shadow , ↑ shiver , ↑ spasm , ↑ state , ↑ storm , ↑ thought , ↑ time , ↑ traffic , ↑ trail , ↑ train , ↑ voter , ↑ week , ↑ year

Pass is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ A level , ↑ act , ↑ amendment , ↑ audition , ↑ ball , ↑ baton , ↑ bill , ↑ budget , ↑ car , ↑ checkpoint , ↑ cheque , ↑ class , ↑ comment , ↑ course , ↑ current , ↑ decree , ↑ exam , ↑ examination , ↑ final , ↑ hurdle , ↑ infection , ↑ initiative , ↑ inspection , ↑ judgement , ↑ law , ↑ legislation , ↑ mark , ↑ measure , ↑ medical , ↑ message , ↑ milestone , ↑ motion , ↑ note , ↑ peak , ↑ phase , ↑ physical , ↑ practical , ↑ referendum , ↑ reform , ↑ remark , ↑ resolution , ↑ salt , ↑ sentence , ↑ signal , ↑ statute , ↑ subject , ↑ test , ↑ time , ↑ torch , ↑ understanding , ↑ urine , ↑ verdict , ↑ virus

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