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passes

/ˈpɐːsəz/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To change place.
  2. To change in state or status
  3. To move through time.
  4. To be accepted.
  5. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
  6. To do or be better.
  7. 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.
  8. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
  9. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
  10. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
  11. An attempt.
  12. Success in an examination or similar test.
  13. A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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