pass through
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
verb
verb
To undergo; to experience.
verb
Synonym of infiltrate.
noun
A framed, window-like aperture in the interior wall of a house, usually between a kitchen and dining room, through which items (especially food) can be passed. A serving hatch.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "We passed through the checkpoint on the road that passes through Freedonia."
- "At length, the two schemes were amalgamated to form the Manchester & Birmingham, which was to pass through the Potteries and join the Grand Junction at Chebsey, a few miles north of Stafford."
- "Beginning where the road crosses the Sino-Soviet frontier at Man-chou-li, it passes through Hailar and Ha-erh-pin (Harbin) and ends when it crosses back into Soviet territory at Sui-fen-ho (Pogranichnaia). During its history it has been known as the Trans-Manchurian Railway, the North Manchurian Railway, the Chinese Changchun Railway and the Harbin Railway. The main line from Man-chou-li to Sui-fen-ho is 950 miles in length."
- "The dough is passed through the pasta machine several times."
- "We all passed through those phases."
- "We passed through enemy lines in the fog."
Usage
- American usage