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passer

Pronunciation: /pa.se/

“passer” is a French word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to go past
  2. to cross (a border)
  3. to pass
  4. to spend (time)
  5. to publish (a newspaper)
  6. to take, to sit (an exam or test)
  7. to pass (an exam or test)
  8. (transitive) to pass (an exam or test)
  9. to run
  10. to exceed (a limit)
  11. to percolate
  12. to hand down, to pass on
  13. to be allowed
  14. to pass, to go (between two entities)
  15. to show (a movie)
  16. to go up (a grade)
  17. to go down
  18. to go up
  19. to stop by, to pop in
  20. to pass away, to die

In French

  1. fr d’un lieu à un autre, traverser un espace.
  2. Changer de nature, de qualité, d’état.
  3. Traverser en subissant.
  4. Aller chez quelqu’un, visiter, rendre visite.
  5. fr, expirer.
  6. Traverser l’esprit.
  7. Être examiné; être évalué; être jugé.
  8. Être élu, être voté.
  9. Être reçu, être admis à un emploi, un grade, à un examen, un test, un cours.
  10. Être reçu par l’usage; avoir cours.
  11. S’introduire ou se glisser, en parlant des choses.
  12. Enfiler sur le corps, en parlant d'un vêtement.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun).

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