Topic: NATURE
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Sense: 1-4, 6-8
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Origin: | PASS1 |
| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | pas, from Latin passus; PASS1 |
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pass2 S2 W3 [countable]
1 an official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter a building or travel on something without paying : 
The guard checked our passes.They issued us with free passes to the theatre.
document
The guard checked our passes.They issued us with free passes to the theatre.2 a successful result in an examination [≠ fail]: You will need at least three passes to get onto the course.
exam/test
SEYou will need at least three passes to get onto the course.3 when you kick, throw, or hit a ball to another member of your team during a game : That was a brilliant pass by Holden.
sport
DSThat was a brilliant pass by Holden.4 to try to kiss or touch another person with the intention of starting a sexual relationship with them
make a pass at somebody
informal5 a high road or path that goes between mountains to the other side : a narrow, winding mountain pass
road/path
DNa narrow, winding mountain pass6 one part of a process that involves dealing with the whole of a group or thing several times : On the first pass we eliminated all the candidates who didn't have the right experience.
stage
On the first pass we eliminated all the candidates who didn't have the right experience.7 a movement in which an aircraft flies once over a place which it is attacking
aircraft
8 if things have come to a pretty or sorry pass, a situation has become very bad
