- pass
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 in sportsADJECTIVE▪ deep, long▪ short▪ good, perfect▪ dropped, errant, incomplete▪
Robson had pounced on a dropped pass.
▪ careless (esp. BrE), sloppy▪ crisp, quick▪ back, cross-field, square (all in football/soccer)▪ forward (in rugby)▪The referee disallowed the try for a forward pass.
▪ bounce, inbounds, lob, no-look, outlet (in basketball)▪ screen, swing, touchdown (in American football)VERB + PASS▪ play▪Lafferty played a pass down the right to Gallagher.
▪ deliver▪ get, pick up, receive▪He picked up a back pass from one of his defenders.
▪ complete, throw (both in American football)▪McNabb has completed 57% of his passes with five touchdowns.
▪ catch, drop (both in American football)▪ block, defend▪His long reach enables him to block passes.
▪The Dolphins are among the NFL's best at defending the pass.
▪ interceptPREPOSITION▪ pass from▪Owen picked up a long pass from Beckham to score.
▪ pass to▪He played a back pass to the goalkeeper.
2 (esp. BrE) success in exam/courseADJECTIVE▪ good (BrE)▪ exam, examination▪ A level, GCSE, etc.VERB + PASS▪ get (BrE, AmE), obtain, scrape▪She barely scraped a pass in chemistry.
PASS + NOUN▪ mark (BrE), rate (BrE, AmE)▪The pass mark is 40%.
PREPOSITION▪ pass at▪It's difficult to obtain a pass at A Level.
▪ pass in▪He should get a good pass in mathematics. (BrE)
3 official piece of paperADJECTIVE▪ free▪ day, monthly, weekend, yearly▪ two-day, three-day, etc.▪ bus, rail, railway (BrE)▪a monthly rail pass
▪ security▪ boarding▪The flight attendant asked to see my boarding pass.
▪ hall (AmE)▪The teacher wrote out a hall pass and handed it to her.
▪ backstage▪ press, VIPVERB + PASS▪ have▪ use▪ give sb, issue (sb with)▪The visitors were issued with day passes.
▪ produce, showPREPOSITION▪ on a pass▪soldiers on a weekend pass
▪ pass to▪We bought a two-day pass to Disneyland.
4 way through mountainsADJECTIVE▪ high, low▪ narrow▪ mountainVERB + PASS▪ cross, takePREPOSITION▪ over a/the pass▪They had to struggle over the pass with their donkeys.
▪ through a/the pass▪A road was built through the pass.
▪ pass over▪We took the high pass over the ridge.
PHRASES▪ the head of the pass, the summit of the pass, the top of the pass{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verb1 of timeADVERB▪ quickly, rapidly, soon, swiftly▪The time passed quickly.
▪ slowly▪ peacefully, uneventfully▪The days passed uneventfully.
VERB + PASS▪ help (to)▪We played games to help pass the time.
2 lawADVERB▪ unanimously▪ overwhelmingly▪ narrowly▪The Kansas State House narrowly passed the legislation last year.
PREPOSITION▪ by … to …▪The bill was passed by 360 votes to 280.
3 happenADVERB▪ peacefullyVERB + PASS▪ come to (formal or old-fashioned)▪How did such a disaster come to pass?
▪I wondered how it came to pass that a thinking man bore the prejudices of his unthinking parents.
▪ let sth▪I don't like it, but I'll let it pass (= will not object).
PREPOSITION▪ between▪They'll never be friends again after all that has passed between them.
PHRASES▪ pass unnoticed▪In the confusion her departure passed unnoticed.
Pass is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑amendment, ↑boat, ↑bullet, ↑car, ↑century, ↑cloud, ↑congress, ↑convoy, ↑council, ↑crown, ↑danger, ↑day, ↑deadline, ↑decade, ↑fit, ↑footstep, ↑fortnight, ↑hour, ↑legislature, ↑minute, ↑moment, ↑month, ↑moon, ↑morning, ↑nausea, ↑ownership, ↑parliament, ↑procession, ↑second, ↑shadow, ↑shiver, ↑spasm, ↑state, ↑storm, ↑thought, ↑time, ↑traffic, ↑trail, ↑train, ↑voter, ↑week, ↑yearPass is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑act, ↑amendment, ↑audition, ↑ball, ↑baton, ↑bill, ↑budget, ↑car, ↑checkpoint, ↑cheque, ↑class, ↑comment, ↑course, ↑current, ↑decree, ↑exam, ↑examination, ↑final, ↑hurdle, ↑infection, ↑initiative, ↑inspection, ↑judgement, ↑law, ↑legislation, ↑mark, ↑measure, ↑medical, ↑message, ↑milestone, ↑motion, ↑note, ↑peak, ↑phase, ↑physical, ↑practical, ↑referendum, ↑reform, ↑remark, ↑resolution, ↑salt, ↑sentence, ↑signal, ↑statute, ↑subject, ↑test, ↑time, ↑torch, ↑understanding, ↑urine, ↑verdict, ↑virus
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
