pass away
To dieTo die.
» Tom passed away during the night.
Том скончался ночью.
Том помер вночі.
Meaning
3 senses(euphemistic, idiomatic)To die.
After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.
Her great grandmother passed away yesterday.
entschlafen, versterben
сконча́тьсяskončátʹsja, умере́тьumerétʹ
відійти́ у ві́чністьvidijtý u víčnistʹ
(archaic, literary)To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.
(obsolete)To spend; to waste.
- go out of existence
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Examples
420 sentencesTom passed away during the night.
Том помер вночі.
ruТом скончался ночью.
My grandfather passed away three years ago.
Мій дідусь помер три роки тому.
ruМой дедушка умер три года назад.
My father passed away two years ago.
Мого батька не стало два роки тому.
ruМой отец умер два года тому назад.
deMein Vater ist vor zwei Jahren gestorben.
I frequently think about my mother who passed away.
Я часто думаю про мою покійну матір.
I heard that both Tom and Mary have passed away.
Я чув, що і Том, і Мері померли.
Translations
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Forms
passes away, passing away, passed away, passed away| Base form | pass away · to pass away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | passes away |
| Present participle | passing away |
| Past simple | passed away |
| Past participle | passed away |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
13 phrasal verbs- pass upвідмовити, відкинутиTo refuse (not accept); forgo.
- pass offпродовжувати, продовжитиTo happen.
- pass outроздавати, роздатиTo faint; to become unconscious.
- pass onвийти, виходитиTo go forward.
- pass overпокрити, прикритиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.
- pass awayвідійти у вічністьTo die.
- pass aroundпоширювати, розповсюджуватиTo distribute something through a group by giving several items to one or more people to then give to others in a row, line or circle; to spread something to be used by each person in group in turn; to gather contributions for a cause.
- pass alongпройти, проходитиTo deliver a message or item to its intended recipient.
More 5
- pass byпройти, проходитиTo travel past without stopping.
- pass downTo hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.
- pass forTo be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
- pass throughTo go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
- pass roundTo distribute
Synonyms
17 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb