Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (archaic, literary)To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.

  3. (obsolete)To spend; to waste.

More definitions
  • go out of existence
  • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Examples

420 sentences
  1. Tom passed away during the night.

    Том помер вночі.

    ruТом скончался ночью.

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  2. My grandfather passed away three years ago.

    Мій дідусь помер три роки тому.

    ruМой дедушка умер три года назад.

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  3. 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.

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  4. I frequently think about my mother who passed away.

    Я часто думаю про мою покійну матір.

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  5. I heard that both Tom and Mary have passed away.

    Я чув, що і Том, і Мері померли.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to die (euphemistic):
Русский
By meaning 1
to die (euphemistic):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to die (euphemistic):

Forms

passes away, passing away, passed away, passed away
Base formpass away · to pass away
3rd person singularpasses away
Present participlepassing away
Past simplepassed away
Past participlepassed away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypass away
he, she, itpasses away

Past simpleLesson

all personspassed away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave passed away
he, she, ithas passed away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pass away

Phrasal verbs

13 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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