pass
[pʰäːs]
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To change place.
Example Sentences
- "They passed from room to room."
- "You will pass a house on your right."
- "We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith."
- "The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green."
- "The waiter passed biscuits and cheese."
- "John passed Suzie a note."
Etymology
From Middle English passen, from Old French passer (“to step, walk, pass”), from Vulgar Latin *passāre (“step, walk, pass”), derived from Latin passus (“a step”), from Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Old English fæþm (“armful, fathom”). More at fathom. Displaced native Old English genġan.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [pʰäːs]
- British English: [pʰɑːs]
Usage
Inflected Forms
passes (present, singular)
passing (participle, present)
passed (participle, past)
passed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
passed (first person, past)
passest (archaic, present)
passed (past, second person)
passedst (archaic, past)
passeth (archaic, present)
passed (past, singular)