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Added 8 October 2026

pass

/pɑːs/ verb

In Latin: praetereo, transeo Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pass at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To change place. To move or be moved from one place to another.
They passed from room to room.
To move or be moved from one place to another.
They passed from room to room.
To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
You will pass a house on your right.

noun

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.
mountain pass
A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
the passes of the Mississippi
A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.

noun

A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
Anyone want to trade passes?

Origin

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.

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