Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pass as

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: pass as
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be able to convince others that one is something contrary to fact; to look sufficiently like something or someone that one can purport to be it.

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does pass as mean?: To be able to convince others that one is something contrary to fact; to look sufficiently like something or someone that one can purport to be it.

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