Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pass away

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables: pass -away
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To die.

verb

To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.

Archaic; Literary

verb

To spend; to waste.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday."
"Her great grandmother passed away yesterday."
"He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away."
"Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day."
"And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."
"The place was solitary and deserted […] only the line of mouldering towers and battlements on the hill above spoke of the busy life that had long passed away."

Usage

Inflected Forms

passes away (present, singular) passing away (participle, present) passed away (participle, past) passed away (past)

Synonyms

die decease perish go exit expire pass kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost

Questions

What does pass away mean?: To die.

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