passes
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Definitions ofpasses
- To change place.
- To change in state or status
- To move through time.
- To be accepted.
- In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
- To do or be better.
- To take heed.
Synonyms: "take heed", "take notice"
- 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.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
Example: "the passes of the Mississippi"
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
Synonyms: transit
- An attempt.
Example: "My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful."
- Success in an examination or similar test.
Example: "I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature."
- A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
Synonyms: thrust
- A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance.
Example: "The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife."
- The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- 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.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
Example: "a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass"
- An intentional walk.
Example: "Smith was given a pass after Jones' double."
- The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
Synonyms: condition, predicament, state
- Estimation; character.
- (Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
- The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
Example: "A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place."
- A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
Example: "Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass."
- A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
Example: "Anyone want to trade passes?"
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