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passed

[ past, pahst ]

adjective

  1. having completed the act of passing. pass.
  2. having received a passing pass grade on an examination or test or successfully completed a school course, year, or program of study.
  3. Finance. noting a dividend not paid at the usual dividend date.
  4. U.S. Navy. having successfully completed an examination for promotion, and awaiting a vacancy in the next grade:

    a passed chief engineer.



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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·貹 adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of passed1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; pass + -ed 2
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Armed with whatever passed for cookware in my under-equipped kitchen, he made everything work.

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In a place where killing seems omnipresent, the all-too-ordinary death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, may have passed with little more than a moment’s thought for some.

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If he is successful, it's due to Texas law's broad definition of legitimate "self-defense," which was passed by Republican lawmakers acting on behalf of gun lobbyists.

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This has been passed to the power-unit working group for further refinement.

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Within two months the UK parliament had passed a law committing the country to bringing all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

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