pass for
pass for · passes for · passed for · passing for
To be mistakenly seen as something that one is notTo be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
» I've got a pass for the swimming pool.
У меня есть пропуск в бассейн.
Я маю перепустку до басейну.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
(transitive)To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose.
Examples
56 sentencesI've got a pass for the swimming pool.
Я маю перепустку до басейну.
ruУ меня есть пропуск в бассейн.
He passes for a college student.
This pass is valid for three weeks.
She could pass for twenty.
deSie könnte als Zwanzigjährige durchgehen.
Tom could pass for thirty.
Forms
passes for, passing for, passed for, passed for| Base form | pass for · to pass for |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | passes for |
| Present participle | passing for |
| Past simple | passed for |
| Past participle | passed for |
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
Lessons 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