pass in English: To go past someone or something, or to give a thing to another person. (verb)

Translation

To go past someone or something, or to give a thing to another person.

Word origin

From Old French passer, meaning to go by or move along, from Latin passus.

Origin: Old French
Root: passer

Grammar

Verb typeregular (pass, passes, passed)

Examples

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"Passed" is the past form of "pass".

.

Here "pass" means to give the salt to me.

.

"Passes" is the form used with he, she, or it.

Related words

go

To move or travel from one place to another.

walk

To walk is to move along on your feet at a slow, steady pace.

give

To hand something to someone so it becomes theirs to have or use.

move

To move is to go from one place to another, or to put something in a new place.

hand

The part of your body at the end of your arm, with fingers and a thumb.

succeed

To do well the thing that you were trying to do.

fail

To not do something that you tried to do, or to not pass a test.

exam

An important test of what you know, often at school or university.

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