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pass
  1. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
  2. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
  3. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
  4. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
  5. An attempt.
  6. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
  7. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
  8. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
  9. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
  10. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
  11. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
  12. (baseball) An intentional walk.
  13. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
  14. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
  15. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
  16. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
  17. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
  18. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
  19. Synonyms:
  20. Examples:
    1. “Our pass through immigration and customs was generally uncomplicated.”
      “She showed us some breathtaking pictures of the mountain pass.”
      “Take the third pass on the left.”
passage
  1. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
  2. Part of a path or journey.
  3. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
  4. (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
  5. A passageway or corridor.
  6. (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
  7. The act of passing
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Also, notice that the metaphoric language Benjamin employs in this passage invokes travel and, indeed, traversal.”
      “One of the most remarkable instances on record of the underground passage of lava happened in the Sandwich Islands in the year 1840.”
      “We both shook our heads, turned right into St. Thomas, and booked our own boat's passage to Fort Lauderdale.”
passing
  1. Death, dying; the end of something. [from 14th c.]
  2. The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. [from 14th c.]
  3. (law) The act of approving a bill etc. [from 15th c.]
  4. (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player. [from 19th c.]
  5. A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “One of Roy's former students had carried both anger and grief since childhood because of the passing of her grandfather.”
      “The passing of time was very much unnoticeable for a man with Jun's mindset.”
      “The same care which was heretofore requisite must be observed in drawing up a specification as was necessary before the passing of the new law.”
passer
  1. One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
  2. (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
    1. (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
  3. (chess) A passed pawn.
  4. (archaic) One who passes; a passer-by.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “At any rate, they have to get a passer at some point, as well as a running back and a blocker.”
      “He has the ability to chase down running plays, rush the passer and stay with most backs in coverage.”
      “Just as an opening in traffic came along she was knocked in the shoulder roughly by a passer by.”
passport
  1. An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
  2. (by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.
  3. (figuratively) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Wes's overnight success just goes to show that not every media studies degree is a passport to the dole queue.”
      “I need to present my passport at the immigration checkpoint to prove my country of origin.”
      “They will have to bring with them some other federally approved form of identification, like a passport.”
password
  1. A word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.
  2. (computing) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, etc.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The system will reject any amendments that are on paper or do not have the appropriate password.”
passade
  1. (fencing) A pass or thrust.
  2. A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Wells' desire for a quiet passade often got him into hideous trouble.”
      “Mr Aspinall and his wife Rita had moved from Holmfirth to the village of Passade in Germany in June 2005 to be nearer their daughter Melanie and her children.”
passkey
  1. A key, especially in a hotel, that allows someone in authority to open any door
  2. (computing) A password.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I'll bet that if you do the conductor either has a passkey or will break it down for me.”
      “When prompted, enter the same passkey on your mobile phone to establish a connection.”
      “They came in with a passkey, saw what had happened, and called an ambulance.”
passage
  1. (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Also, notice that the metaphoric language Benjamin employs in this passage invokes travel and, indeed, traversal.”
      “One of the most remarkable instances on record of the underground passage of lava happened in the Sandwich Islands in the year 1840.”
      “We both shook our heads, turned right into St. Thomas, and booked our own boat's passage to Fort Lauderdale.”
passman
  1. (Britain) One who passes a university degree, but without honours.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Every prisoner wants to be a passman because it gives them more freedom than other jobs.”
      “Anderson and Passman have written the X-15's bio so that we can understand the unique niche these three aircraft created and still solely occupy.”
      “I am doing family tree research and Passman is from my mother's side of the family.”
passportification
  1. The supply of passports to citizens of another country for national political reasons.
pass
  1. (computing) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Our pass through immigration and customs was generally uncomplicated.”
      “She showed us some breathtaking pictures of the mountain pass.”
      “Take the third pass on the left.”
passway
  1. A way by which one can pass; a road; a route.
passphrase
  1. (computing) A password that comprises a whole phrase.
  2. Examples:
    1. “After forgetting the passphrase, there is no way to retrieve the information.”
      “Just remember that root has access to your private and public keys, and can run a keystroke logger on the box and get your crypto passphrase.”
      “Both tools are written for Linux systems and perform a brute-force dictionary attack against WPA-PSK networks in an attempt to determine the shared passphrase.”
passability
  1. The state or quality of being passable.
passableness
passado
  1. Alternative form of passade
passingness
  1. The quality of passing.
passholder
  1. One who holds a pass.
passphrases
  1. plural of passphrase
  2. Examples:
    1. “They plan to assemble the data and grep for various key words and names in hopes of stumbling upon the passphrases of known and suspected evildoers.”
passholders
  1. plural of passholder
passports
  1. plural of passport
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There were five different passports that each had a different alias he used whenever he traveled abroad.”
      “My guess would would be they're a lot more likely to have passports than native born Americans.”
      “Since last year, more than 15,000 blank passports have been stolen in France.”
passwords
  1. plural of password
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The malware records passwords and keystrokes once users of infected machines visit targeted websites.”
      “He can read your keystrokes, record passwords, gather information from your network and change your data and files.”
      “The log-in procedures are different for the two services, but each queries you for passwords on three separate occasions.”
passmen
  1. plural of passman
passades
  1. plural of passade
passados
  1. plural of passado
passkeys
passings
  1. plural of passing
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “My college was small and such passings in the ornate quadrangles were hard to avoid.”
      “A secured dialog enables the main decoder to receive every passings recorded by the distant decoder.”
      “The convergence of these passings brought home an awkward truth: I had little idea how to respond.”
passages
passways
  1. plural of passway
passadoes
  1. plural of passado
passers
  1. plural of passer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Up to 70 Motherwell football casuals took to the streets of Dundee yesterday, vandalising cars and attacking passers by.”
      “Pete on the other hand went from bad to worse until his eyes became unfocussed, his speech slurred and his dancing dangerous to passers by.”
      “The unusual gathering attracted attention from the shoppers and turned heads and some of the passers by had a go at drawing.”
passes
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