pass down
To hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etcTo hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.
» This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.
Dieser Brauch wurde von Generation zu Generation weitergereicht.
Эта традиция передавалась из поколения в поколение.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.
In poor families, solid clothes are passed down from elder children to kid siblings, who must wear them out or if they outgrow them pass them down to still younger relatives.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, down.
Examples
23 sentencesThis tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.
ruЭта традиция передавалась из поколения в поколение.
deDieser Brauch wurde von Generation zu Generation weitergereicht.
The story has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.
deDie Geschichte ist von Generation zu Generation mündlich überliefert worden.
Knowledge has been passed down to subsequent generation.
This house has been passed down in our family through the generations.
The forefathers passed it down this way.
Translations
4 languagesForms
passes down, passing down, passed down, passed down| Base form | pass down · to pass down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | passes down |
| Present participle | passing down |
| Past simple | passed down |
| Past participle | passed down |
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
Word family
3 related wordsLessons 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