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pass the time

pass the time verb: to occupy oneself for a period of time.

Verb

pass the time (third-person singular simple present passes the time, present participle passing the time, simple past and past participle passed the time)

  1. To occupy oneself for a period of time.
    • Since the train was late, we passed the time looking at our fellow passengers and making up stories about them.
    • Look at all the ugly people
      Fillin' holes to pass the time2001, J. G. Thirlwell, “Heuldoch 7B”, in Flow, performed by Foetus

pass the time meaning in Sanskrit and Thai

pass the time in Sanskrit

to pass the time
वर्तयति vartáyati

pass the time in Thai

to occupy oneself
ฆ่าเวลา

Forms of pass the time

third-person singular presentpasses the time
present participlepassing the time
past participlepassed the time
pastpassed the time

Questions about pass the time

What does pass the time mean?
Pass the time means to occupy oneself for a period of time.
What is pass the time in Sanskrit?
Pass the time in Sanskrit is वर्तयति (vartáyati). See Pass the time meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is pass the time?
Pass the time is a verb.
What is the past tense of pass the time?
The past tense of pass the time is passed the time.

Words near pass the time in the dictionary

  1. pass the phone
  2. pass the pikes
  3. pass the river
  4. pass the sponge across the slate
  5. pass the sponge over the slate
  6. pass the time
  7. pass the time of day
  8. pass the torch
  9. pass the trash
  10. pass the wet sponge across the slate
  11. pass the wet sponge over the slate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pass the time (page history and authors); वर्तयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). 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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