pass2 Syllabification: (pass)Pronunciation: /pas/Translate pass | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of pass noun a route over or through mountains:the pass over the mountain was open again after the snows [in place names]:the Khyber Pass a passage for fish over or past a weir or dam. a navigable channel, especially at the mouth of a river:Sabine PassPhrases head (or cut) someone/something off at the pass forestall someone or something:the doctor’s aim to head the infection off at the passOrigin: Middle English (in the sense 'division of a text, passage through'): variant of pace1, influenced by pass1 and French paspass in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of pass in the British & World English dictionary
