passed
UK/pɑːst//pæst/
passed is the simple past and past participle of pass.
Adjective
passed (not comparable)
- That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
- That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.
Meaning of pass
Verb
pass (third-person singular simple present passes, present participle passing, simple past and past participle passed)
- To move or be moved from one place to another.
- They passed from room to room.
- To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- You will pass a house on your right.
- To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.
- To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.
- To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- 20 June 2010, The Guardian, Rob Smyth
Iaquinta passes it coolly into the right-hand corner as Paston dives the other way.
- 20 June 2010, The Guardian, Rob Smyth
Words formed from passed
Phrases with passed
- passed as
- passed by
- passed on
- passed up
- passed for
- passed gas
- passed off
- passed out
- passed away
- passed ball
- passed down
- passed over
49 more phrasesFewer phrases
- passed wind
- passed along
- passed balls
- passed pawns
- passed round
- passed urine
- passed around
- passed master
- passed motion
- passed muster
- passed off as
- passed a stool
- passed current
- passed masters
- passed the bar
- passed the hat
- passed through
- passed judgment
- passed sentence
- passed the buck
- passed the time
- passed the baton
- passed the phone
- passed the pikes
- passed the river
- passed the torch
- passed unnoticed
- passed one's word
- passed parameters
- passed the mantle
- picked and passed
- passed a good time
- remote passed pawn
- outside passed pawn
- remote passed pawns
- outside passed pawns
- passed round the hat
- passed oneself off as
- passed under the yoke
- passed in one's checks
- passed the time of day
- signal passed at danger
- parade passed someone by
- passed through the pikes
- passed around like a blunt
- passed the bottle of smoke
- passed up like a white chip
- passed a sponge over the slate
- ships that passed in the night
Words that rhyme with passed
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Questions about passed
- What does passed mean?
- Passed means that has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
- What is passed the simple past and past participle of?
- Passed is the simple past and past participle of pass.
- What part of speech is passed?
- Passed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce passed?
- Passed is pronounced /pɑːst/ (UK).
Words near passed in the dictionary
Source and license
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