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pas

/pɑː/

pas noun: the right of going foremost; precedence. Also the plural of pa.

Noun (1)

pas (plural pas)

  1. (archaic) The right of going foremost; precedence.
    • ‘Nobody of any elegance of manners can exist, where tradesmen, attornies, and mechanics have the pas.’1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 71
    • Even Mrs. Bute Crawley, the Rector's wife, refused to visit her, as she said she would never give the pas to a tradesman's daughter.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 9, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
  2. A step in a dance.
    • The premier pas in life is the most important of all ……1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 18, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

Noun (2) capitalized: PAS

PAS (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of parental alienation syndrome.
    Synonyms:
    medicide
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of physician-assisted suicide.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of para-aminosalicylic acid, a medication used to treat tuberculosis.

Proper noun capitalized: PAS

PAS

  1. (Malaysia, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (“Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party”), an Islamist and conservative political party in Malaysia.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Pakistan Administrative Service.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate (“Party of Action and Solidarity”), a liberal political party in Moldova.

Noun (3) capitalized: PAs

PAs

  1. (plural) plural of PA

Noun (4) capitalized: Pas

Pas

  1. (plural) plural of Pa

Also used as

pas is also the plural of pa.

pas meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Gujarati

pas in Hindi

पी. ए. एस

pas in Urdu

پی اے ایس

pas in Punjabi

ਪੀ. ਏ. ਐੱਸ, ਪੀ. ਏ. ਐਸ

pas in Gujarati

પી. એ. એસ

Examples of pas in a sentence

  • Oh, je ne sais pas expliquer, like a sort of cold-hot, crabocado pie?
  • Il n’y a pas non plus d’ecriture» («Without this paranoid dimension, there can be no subject.
  • I know him well, we artists have the common touch, n'est-ce pas?

All 17 example sentences with pas

Synonyms of pas

Forms of pas

pluralpas

Plural of pas: pas

Origin of pas

Borrowed from French pas.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from pas

Phrases with pas

Questions about pas

What does pas mean?
Pas means the right of going foremost; precedence.
What is pas in Hindi?
Pas in Hindi is पी. ए. एस. See Pas meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pas?
Pas can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pas?
Pas is pronounced /pɑː/.
What is the plural of pas?
The plural of pas is pas.

Words near pas in the dictionary

  1. parœcious
  2. parœmial
  3. parœmiographer
  4. parœmiographers
  5. parœmiography
  6. pas
  7. pas de chat
  8. pas de chats
  9. pas de deux
  10. pas de quatre
  11. pas de trois

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pas (page history and authors); PAS (page history and authors); PAs (page history and authors); Pas (page history and authors); pas (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pas (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pas (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pas (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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