Pass On

Definition: Pass On

Pass On

Verb

1. Place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers".

2. Tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here".

3. Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense: "Time marches on".

4. Give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes to my children".

5. Refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues".

6. Cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty".

7. Transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Pass On

Sequence

Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.

Crosswords: Pass On

No, I pass on grass always. (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

On second thought, let's pass on that, huh? (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi; writing credit: George Lucas; Lawrence Kasdan)

I'd better pass on the game. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Now, you are good in the use of a stick, but boxing is my subject, according to the rules laid down by the good Marquess of Queensberry And happy I am to pass on my knowledge to you. (How Green Was My Valley; writing credit: Richard Llewellyn; Philip Dunne)

But Mickey's dead! If there's something that you want to pass on, pass it on to your son! (Rocky V; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone)

THEY JUST PASS ON THE STREET (DON'T GET ME WRONG; performing artist: The Pretenders)

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Books

• 20 Teachable Virtues: Practical Ways to Pass on Lessons of Virtue and Character to Your Children (reference)

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Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting the Federal blockading fleet near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Also shown, in left center, is what appears to be CSS Manassas. She attacked Union warships at Southwest Pass on 12 October 1861. Credit: NAVY.

Greek soldiers guarding an Albanian mountain pass on Mount Eyuzati, four kilometers from Tepelini. Credit: Library of Congress.

General view of Rocky Mountains west of Continental Divide seen from top of Logan Pass on Going-to-the-Sun highway. Glacier National Park, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Willow Springs, Illinois. Waiting in a siding for a passenger train to pass on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

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With this reservation, let us pass on.

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Health

A person with Usher syndrome will pass on one gene to each of his or her children. (references)

Since CF occurs only when both parents pass on a CF gene to a child, it could be prevented by identifying all carriers of CF genes. (references)

Some of these people may remain contagious while others develop and pass on resistant strains of M. tuberculosis that are difficult to treat. (references)

Business

As with any tax, firms must assess their pricing policies and the strength of demand to determine how much of the cost to pass on to their customers. (references)

Some prospective franchisers or franchisees, have been recently made redundant and will be seeking to invest their severance payment in a business that they will be able to pass on to their children. (references)

The secondary companies buy minutes in bulk and thus receive a substantial discount, which they can pass on to customers who dial their access number, as opposed to dialing directly into France Telecom's system. (references)

Economic History

The Netherlands

NMP-4, laying out government environmental policy over the next few years, will be published at the end of 2000. Under the NMP, the government seeks to cut back on all forms of pollution by 80%-90% within one generation, meaning that by 2010, the present generation should be able to pass on a clean environment to the next one. (references)

Thailand

The already tight competitive market, due to the economic downturn, limits the opportunity for franchise operators to pass on this burden to the customers through price increases . Those already in the market, particularly those in fast food and consumer goods, are experiencing diminished revenues because the Thai people are being more cautious and selective in their spending . It is probably more difficult to start new international franchises in Thailand now but U.S. franchises are advised to keep a close eye on market developments and learn who might be the most promising potential partners . This is because franchising will be seen as an attractive, relatively safe way to get back into business for many Thai investors and the best prospects should be in the following industries hotel management, automotive after market, and e-commerce related industries such as delivery services, computer services, and so forth. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "pass on": pass on an ilness ♦ pass on to ♦ To pass on. Additional references.

Albanian

pasoj (ensue, feed, follow). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مات (check in, check out, croak, decease, depart, die, die off, end, expire, give up the ghost, go west, pass away, peg out, perish, rest in peace, snuff it, snuff out, succumb), ‏نقل (alien, alienate, assign, bandy, carriage, carry, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, copy, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, handling, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, take away, tote, transfer, transference, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation). (various references)

Bulgarian 

умирам (be dying, cash in, conk, cross the styx, depart, die, end, exit, expire, fade away, go under, go west, kick in, kick off, kick up, mortify, pass, pass away, pass out, peg out, pip out, pop off, quit the scene, snuff out, step off, step out, succumb, sup with pluto, wither), отминавам (overlook, pass by, pass over, subside), минавам нататък (move along), продължавам пътя си, преминавам (adjourn, get over, get through, go by, melt, merge, overblow, overpass, pass, pass along, pass away, pass by, passage, proceed, run, shade, surmount, traverse), почивам (pass away, repose, rest), издъхвам (expire). (various references)

Chinese 

轉�" (communicate, convey), 轉告 (communicate, transmit). (various references)

Czech

přejít (come over, cross, get across, get over, go across, go over, overpass, pass, pass over, slide, traverse), předat (bequeath, convey, hand down, hand over, impart, refer, transmit). (various references)

Dutch

verdergaan, doorgaan (continue, cover, go on, go through, pass through, proceed with). (various references)

Esperanto

iri plue. (various references)

Finnish

lähettää (consign, dispatch, forward, remit, send, send off, send on, transmit), edetä (advance, draw away, move on, proceed, progress). (various references)

French

transmettre, mourir (pass away). (various references)

German

weitersagen (repeat, to pass on). (various references)

Greek 

μεταδίδω (broadcast, communicate, convey, impart, propagate, transmit). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"עביר (carry, communicate, convey, hand, hand down, hand over, lead over, make over, pass, put across, remove, switch, transfer, transmit, transport). (various references)

Hungarian

továbbhalad (to keep on, to pass, to pass on), továbbít (send on, to forward, to pass on, to relay, to semaphore, to send on, to tick out, to translate, to transmit, transit, transmit), továbbad (to hand on, to pass, to pass along, to pass on, to propagate, to transmit). (various references)

Indonesian

berpulang (die, give back, pass away). (various references)

Italian

trasmettere (air, be transmitted, broadcast, carry, communicate, convey, devolve, flash, pass, pass down, relay, relegate, send, teletype, transfer, transmit), mancare (absence, be absent, be away, be lacking, be missing, be needed, be wanting, be wrong, deficiency, fail, lack, Miss, need, omit, pass away, want, weakness), attaccare (adherence, affix, annex, append, assail, assault, attach, attack, become attached, begin, bind, catch on, cling, connect, engage, fasten, fix, foist, glue, hang, hitch, infect, lead off, link, pin, pitch into, plug in, put up, stick, stick in, strike, strike up, tie). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

語り伝える (to hand down, to pass on). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かたりつたえる (to hand down, to pass on). (various references)

Manx

goll roish (antecede, betake, buzz off, clear out, go ahead, go before, go off, make away, move on, nip off, pop off, precede, walk away). (various references)

Pig Latin

asspay onay

Portuguese

passar de mão em mão, transmitir (bequeath, carry, communicate, conduct, convey, deliver, devolve, give, hand, hand on, impart, leave behind, relay, render, report, send, superinduce, transfer, transfuse, turn over), seguir o seu caminho. (various references)

Romanian

trece (bequeath, blow over, call, call on, cease, clear away, cross, die, diminish, disappear, elapse, enter, flow, Ford, get in, get under, go, go by, go on, insert, jot down, lapse, lapse away, pass, pass away, pass by, pass off, pop, reeve, register, roll, sail, sift, slip away, slip by, transmit, traverse, wear), se trece, muri (croak, decease, depart, die, drop off, expire, get off the hooks, go, go west, hop the perch, kick in, pack up, part, pass, pass away, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, suffer), merge mai departe (go forwarded, go past), a-şi da sfârşitul. (various references)

Russian 

передавать (abalienate, circulate, communicate, consign, convey, deliver, deliver over, devolve, give, hand over, hand over to, impart, leave, pass, reach, relegate, repeat, sign away, transfer, transfuse, transmit, turn over). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

presuđivati, predati (commend, commit, consign, deliver, give in, give in charge, give over, hand, hand down, hand over, reach, surrender), dati dalje. (various references)

Spanish

pasar a mejor vida (pass away, pass out), pasar (blow over, bypass, come, come about, come by, come down, come in, come off, cross, dilute, draw, elapse, enact, ensue, expend, function, gait, get, get across, get by, get over, get through, give, go, go by, go off, go on, go over, go past, go through, goffer, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, happen, kick around, knot, lapse, last, light out, line, live, live through, move, occupy, occur, outdo, overstep, overtake, pass, pass across, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass round, passing, pop in, post, proceed, put across, put down, reach, relay, render, ride by, roll by, run, shift, skip, smuggle, spend, strain, suffer, swallow, take away, throw out, tick away, tick by, to pass, to spend, touch, tough, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, wear off, wear on, while), transmitir (broadcast, carry, convey, devolve, ferry, give, hand down, overtop, pass over, put across, send, send on, televise, to broadcast, transmit), seguir para adelante, fallecer (decease, depart, die, pass away). (various references)

Swedish

vidarebefordra (communicate, forward, impart, relay, reship, send on, transmit), vältra över, låta gå vidare, frambära (convey, deliver, offer, present, report, take up to, tender), fortsätta (carry on, come on, continue, go on, keep, keep going, keep on, move on, persevere, persist, proceed, proceeding, take up), föra vidare (pass down, repeat), byta ägare (change hands). (various references)

Turkish

geçmek (abate, adjourn, be current, be over, be transmitted, be valid, beat, best, better, cap, catch, change to, clear, come down, cross, cut across, devolve, distance, elapse, exceed, Excel, expire, fit in, get through, go, go by, go down, go out, have outgrown smb., interlace, intervene, lapse, leave behind, negotiate, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outgrow, outpace, outrange, outrival, outrun, outstrip, pass, pass away, pass beyond, pass by, pass into, pass off, pass over, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, track, transmigrate, turn, wear off), geçirmek (bash, carry, come through, communicate, conduct, Dot, dot smb. one, extrude, fetch, get over, get through, make pass, outstay, pass, pass away, post, put in, reach, scarf, screw, see off, see smb. to the door, show smb. to the door, slip, spend, spin out, stick, swipe, take in, transfer, transmit, undergo, while away, wile away, work out), devretmek (alienate, assign, cede, circuit, circulate, convey, deliver, devolve, dispose of, hand down, hand on, hand over, pass, revolve, slew, slue, transfer, turn over), devam etmek (attend, carry forward, carry over, continue, draw, endure, follow on, get along, go ahead, go ahead with smth., go along, go on, hang over, hold, keep at, keep going, keep on, keep up, last, persist, proceed, progress, prosecute, pursue, push, run on, stand, stand to). (various references)

Ukrainian

проходьте, проходити далі, передавати далі. (various references)

transmittere. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: psoas, snaps, soaps, spans.

-2 letters: asps, naos, naps, ossa, pans, pass, pons, sans, saps, snap, soap, sons, sops, span, spas.

-3 letters: asp, ass, nap, nos, ons, ops, pan, pas, sap, son, sop, sos, spa.

-4 letters: an, as, na, no, on, op, os, pa, so.

+1 letter: parsons, passion, sannops, sponsal.

+2 letters: anopsias, dapsones, nonpasts, outspans, paesanos, paisanos, passions, personas, plasmons, psammons, responsa, sandsoap, saponins, senopias, sinopias, snapshot, snowcaps, sopranos, spadones, sporrans.

+3 letters: anoopsias, aspersion, capstones, diapasons, dyspnoeas, encompass, espanoles, impassion, isopodans, neoplasms, passional, patroness, pawnshops, pentosans, personals, planosols, plastrons, pleonasms, preseason, psoralens, pyranoses, sandsoaps, saphenous, saponines, saponites, satinpods, snapshots, snowpacks, snowscape, soapiness, soapstone, spanworms, sphagnous, spoilsman, spokesman, spondaics, sportsman, stanhopes, stopbanks, subpoenas, teaspoons, transpose.