Pass Over

  

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Pass Over

Definition: Pass Over

Pass Over

Verb

1. Make a transit.

2. Bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible".

3. Travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day".

4. Fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus".

5. Rub with a wiping motion.

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


Synonyms: Pass Over

Synonyms: cover (v), cross (v), cut across (v), cut through (v), get across (v), get over (v), jump (v), overfly (v), pass across (v), pass through (v), skip (v), skip over (v), track (v), transit (v), traverse (v), wipe (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Pass Over

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cooperation

Side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with; join partnership, enter into partnership with; rally round, follow the lead of; come to, pass over to, come into the views of; be in the same boat, row in the same boat; sail in the same boat; sail on the same tack.

Exclusion

Pass over, omit; garble; eliminate, weed, winnow.

Exemption

Exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve; (forgive); exonerate; (exculpate); save the necessity.

Forgiveness

Verb: forgive, forgive and forget; pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands; forget an injury. excuse, pass over, overlook; wink at; (neglect); bear with; allow for, make allowances for; let one down easily, not be too hard upon, pocket the affront.

Giving

Verb: deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of; hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over; assign dower.

Neglect

Overlook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at, connive at;gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller.

Passage

Verb: pass, pass through; perforate; (hole); penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Pass Over

English words defined with "pass over": cover, cross, cut across, cut throughdrawEnsweepfloating bridge, Forpassget across, get over, guidenerve compressionoverhand, Overhip, Overpost, oversew, oversewnpass, Presser bar, Presser wheelright of way, runsteam, suspension bridgeTo come over, To cut across, To dispose of, To get a mile, To get over, trace, track, Transfrete, Transmeate, Transpass, traverse. (references)
Specialty definitions using "pass over": Agecroft deviceconnecting trough supportdye-machine-tender helperHare-stone, hem rigged parachuteindustrial clerk, initial pointkettle-tender helperLOADING INSPECTORportable bucket loader, practical capacityRahatSerat, service volume, Siccis pedibus, static grizzlyTOP-DYEING-MACHINE LOADER, tunnel effect, tunnelling of electronsventilated totally-enclosed motor. (references)
Etymologies containing "pass over": Transient. (references)

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Modern Usage: Pass Over

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well, we'll pass over that. (The Cocoanuts; writing credit: George S. Kaufman; Morrie Ryskind)

They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it's money they have and peace they lack. (Field of Dreams; writing credit: Phil Alden Robinson)

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

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Commercial Usage: Pass Over

DomainTitle

Books

  • The story of Hottentots Holland : social history of Somerset West, The Strand, Gordon's Bay and Sir Lowry's Pass over three centuries (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: Pass Over

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

A coral preserve at Eilat, Israel. The buoy line is to keep out swimmers. The pier-like structure is a walkway to allow swimmers to pass over the reef. Credit: Small World.

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

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Historic Usage: Pass Over

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

This is the perfect condition of slavery, which is nothing else, but the state of war continued, between a lawful conqueror and a captive: for, if once compact enter between them, and make an agreement for a limited power on the one side, and obedience on the other, the state of war and slavery ceases, as long as the compact endures: for, as has been said, no man can, by agreement, pass over to another that which he hath not in himself, a power over his own life. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Pass Over

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

What they were I could not at all make out, but some mysterious change seemed instantly to pass over us.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

We pass over some of them, and not the worst.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pass Over

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

After the catheter is removed, urine will pass over the surgical wound on the prostate, and you may initially have some discomfort or feel a sense of urgency when you urinate. (references)

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

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Speeches: Pass Over

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817If I thought I could fulfill the duty which I owe to myself and my constituents, to let the subject pass over in silence, I most certainly should not trespass upon the indulgence of this house.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Pass Over

Expressions using "pass over": not to pass over pass over in silence pass over smth. pass over to pass over to the enemy To pass over. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translation: Pass Over

Language Translations for "pass over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vdes (be dying, burst, croak, decease, depart, die, die away, die down, do in, end, evaporate, expire, give up the ghost, go to glory, go under, go west, necrose, pack up, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, turn up one's toes, wither), nuk vë re (disregard, look over, Miss, overlook, overpass, pass by, pretermit), lë mënjanë (put aside, put away). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تغاضى (condone, connive, disregard, excuse, forget, look over, overlook, part with, pass, slur, wink), ‏إستخف (belittle, despise, disesteem, disparage, disregard, neglect, pooh pooh, slight, talk down, trifle with, underestimate, undervalue). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отминавам (overlook, pass by, pass on, subside), не споменавам, не забелязвам (overlook), пропускам (admit, drop, fail, let in, let slip by, lose, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass up, run, skip, throw away), прекосявам (cross, measure, pass through, traverse), преодолявам (bear down, break through, fight, get over, hurdle, live down, master, negotiate, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, override, overrule, prevail, ride out, surmount, vanquish, win through), пренебрегвам (disregard, flaunt, flout, ignore, laugh at, lay aside, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass up, pretermit, put by, shrug off, sink, sit on, slight, wave aside, wave away), премълчавам (elide, hold back, save one's breath, suppress), преминавам през (go over, sweep), правя преглед на (recapitulate, review). (various references)

   

Czech

  

pominout (pass, pass away), přejít (come over, cross, get across, get over, go across, go over, overpass, pass, pass on, slide, traverse), nevšimnout si. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

mennä ohi (pass, pass a person, pass by). (various references)

   

French

  

passer sous silence, omettre, négliger (pass over smth.), ignorer (pass by). (various references)

   

German

  

entschlafen (pass on), übergehen (bypass, descend, ignore, migrate, pass by, set aside, shade, skip). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παραλείπω (cut out, elide, fail, leave out, miss out, omission, omit, pretermit, skip). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לפסוח (celebrate pessach, skip), ל"תעלם (disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook, override, vanish). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

átmegy (go through, overpass, pass, pass through, to adjourn, to come through, to cross, to cross over, to get through, to go over, to go through, to knife, to pass across, to pass through, to put over, to repass, to step across), áthalad (overpass, to cross, to go through, to pass, to pass through, to south, to traverse, traverse), átad (give over, give up, hand, hand over, impart, left, pass, to assign, to consign, to convey, to give up, to leave, to pass, to pass over, to remit, to surrender, to transmit, to turn in, turn in). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

membelakangkan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

spirare (expire, express, give off), ignorare (be unaware of, disregard, ignore, ignore each other, not to know, pass by, shrug off, slight). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

越える  (to cross, to cross over, to pass over, to pass through), 越える (to cross, to cross over, to exceed, to pass over, to pass through), 超える (to cross, to cross over, to exceed, to pass over, to pass through), 渡す (to hand over, to pass over), '越える (to cross a pass, to pass over the peak). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"える (to cross, to cross over, to exceed, to grow fat, to grow fertile, to pass over, to pass through), わたす (to hand over, to pass over), とう''"える (to cross a pass, to pass over the peak). (various references)

   

Manx

  

sheeyney hug (point of hound, transmit). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asspay overay

   

Portuguese

  

passar por alto, atravessar (cross, divide, divvy, fish, go through, intersect, jab, overpass, pass, penetrate, perambulate, permeate, pervade, pierce, roam, spit, survive, thrust, transfix, travel, traverse, trespass). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

trece peste (bestride, bridge, clear, draw, get over, go over, jump, override, overrule, overrun, span, stride, surmount, tread), nesocoti (disregard, ignore, leave, overrule, pass by, scorn, sneeze, trample on, undervalue), neglija (neglect, omit, pass by, slight). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

не обращать внимания (neglect, shrug off), не замечать, проглядеть (look over). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prećutati (keep secret), preći (change over, cote, cover, cover ground, cross, go over, march, overpass, pass through, shade, shift, transit, traverse), mimoići (evade, go by). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pasarse (bandy, go, go bad, go off, go over, stew), pasar por alto (disregard, gloss over, ignore, jump, overlook, pass by), transmitir (broadcast, carry, convey, devolve, ferry, give, hand down, overtop, pass on, put across, send, send on, televise, to broadcast, transmit), omitir (count out, drop, elide, forbore, jump, leave aside, leave out, Miss, miss out, neglect, omit, pretermit, skip), ignorar a, hacer caso omiso de (abstract, disregard, ignore, make little account of, pass by), disiparse, decir (call, get in, go, let out, mention, observe, put, put in, read, recite, say, saying, speak, tell, think, to say, voice, word), alejarse (bear off, draw away, estrange, flounce away, move away, move off, recede, walk away, walk off). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

utelämna (drop, leave out, omit, pass). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yararlanmak (avail oneself of smth., benefit, capitalize, enjoy, impose, make use of, parlay, pass up, practice on, practice upon, practise on, practise upon, profit, profit by, put account, refer, rejoice in, take advantage of, turn to account, use, utilize), 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 on, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, track, transmigrate, turn, wear off), aldırmamak (be unmindful of, close one's eyes to, disregard, ignore, neglect, not to mind, pass by, pay no attention, shelve), aşmak (be in excess of, bestride, clear, defeat, exceed, go beyond, negotiate, outgo, outreach, overbrim, overlap, overrun, overstep, pass, pass beyond, stride, surmount, surpass, top, transcend, transgress), aşırmak (abstract, bag, cop, crib, filch, help oneself to, hoist, hook, make off with, mooch, pilfer, prig, purloin, scrounge, snaffle, snitch, steal, walk off with, whip), üzerinden geçmek (bestride, fly over, retrace). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

проходити (elapse, overgo, overpass, pass, slip by), пропускати (balk, drop out, leave out, let by, let through, miss out, omit, outlet, overjump, overleap, overlook, pass through, skip, waste), переправлятися (ferry), переправляти (put across). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Pass Over

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

praetereat, praetereunte, praetereuntem, praetereuntes, praetereuntibus, praeteribant, praeteribis, praeteribit, praeteribo, praeteriens, praeterient, praeterierint, praeterieris, praeterierit, praeterieritis, praeterierunt, praeteriet, praeterii, praeteriit, praeterire, praeteriret, praeterissent, praeterisset, praeterit, praeterita, praeteriti, praeteritis, praeterito, praeteritum, praeterivi, praeterivit, praetermittas, praetermitteret, taceo, transeo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Pass Over

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 19, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintElehmwn anhr makroqumei to de kauchma autou epercetai paranomoiV
Latin405VulgateDoctrina viri per patientiam noscitur et gloria eius est iniqua praetergredi
Middle English1395WyclifThe doctrine of a man bi pacience is knowe; and the glorie of hym is to go biside wicke thingys.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Basic English1964OgdenA man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Pass Over

LanguageProverbs Chapter 19, Verse 11
Cebuano¶ Ang pagkabuotan sa usa ka tawo makapahimo kaniya nga mahinay sa pagkasuko; Ug maoy iyang himaya ang pagpasaylo sa kalapasan.
Chinese人 有 見 識 、 就 不 輕 " 發 ' . 寬 恕 人 的 過 失 、 便 是 自 己 的 榮 耀 。
CroatianUm èovjeka usteže od srdžbe, a èast mu je oprostiti krivicu.
DanishKlogskab gør Mennesket sindigt, hans Ære er at overse Brøde.
DutchHet verstand des mensen vertraagt zijn toorn; en zijn sieraad is de overtreding voorbij te gaan.
FinnishYmmärrys tekee ihmisen pitkämieliseksi, ja hänen kunniansa on antaa rikos anteeksi.
FrenchL`homme qui a de la sagesse est lent la colère, Et il met sa gloire oublier les offenses.
GermanWer geduldig ist, der ist ein kluger Mensch, und ist ihm eine Ehre, daß er Untugend überhören kann.
HungarianAz embernek értelme hosszútûrõvé teszi õt; és ékességére van néki elhallgatni a vétket.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOrang bijaksana dapat menahan kemarahannya. Ia terpuji karena tidak menghiraukan kesalahan orang terhadapnya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAdapun perhiasan orang alim ia itu panjang sabar, dan mengampuni salah ia itulah makotanya.
ItalianE' avvedutezza per l'uomo rimandare lo sdegno ed è sua gloria passar sopra alle offese.
Maori¶ Ko te ngarahu tupato ka pupuri i tona riri; a hei whakakororia mona te whakarere noa iho i te he.
NorwegianEt menneskes klokskap gjør ham langmodig, og det er hans ære at han overser krenkelser.
RumanianKnyelepciunea face pe om rqbdqtor, wi este o cinste pentru el sq uite grewelile. -
SpanishEl discernimiento del hombre detiene su furor, y su honra es pasar por alto la ofensa.

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

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Anagrams: Pass Over

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: overpass, passover.

Words within the letters "a-e-o-p-r-s-s-v"

-1 letter: soapers.

-2 letters: aspers, operas, pareos, parses, parvos, paseos, passer, pavers, posers, prases, proses, proves, repass, sapors, savers, savors, serosa, servos, soaper, soaves, spares, sparse, spears, spores, vapors, versos.

-3 letters: apers, apres, apses, arose, arses, arvos, asper, avers, oases, oaves, opera, overs, pareo, pares, parse, parve, parvo, paseo, pases, passe, paver, paves, pears, pesos.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-o-p-r-s-s-v"
 

+1 letter: passovers, vaporises.

 

+2 letters: eavesdrops, overpassed, overpasses, pervasions, supernovas.

 

+3 letters: disapproves, overpassing, overpraises, overspreads, postharvest, vasopressin, vasopressor.

 

+4 letters: disapprovers, overemphases, overemphasis, parvoviruses, provableness, vaporishness, vaporousness, vasopressins, vasopressors.

 

+5 letters: avoirdupoises, eavesdroppers, operativeness, overpersuades, papovaviruses, preservations, superovulates.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Expressions
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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