pass

English

/pɑːs/, [pʰɑːs], [pʰäːs], [pʰaːs], /pæs/, [pʰæs], [pʰas], [pʰäs], [pʰeə̯s]

verb

Definitions

To change place.
To change in state or status
To move through time.
To be accepted.
(intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
To do or be better.
(intransitive) To take heed.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English passen borrowed from Old French passer (walk, step, pass) derived from Latin passāre, passus (a step, step, pace, track, footstep, dried) derived from Proto-Indo-European *patno-, *pete- (stretch out, spread).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pete-

Gloss

stretch out, spread

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