Antonyms for passed
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : past, pahst |
Phonetic Transcription : pæst, pɑst |
- accept
- allow
- appear
- arrive
- attend
- be born
- be inferior
- be willing
- bear
- begin
- break
- cancel
- cease
- come
- commence
- conceal
- continue
- create
- decline
- decrease
- deny
- disagree
- disallow
- dissatisfy
- fail
- fall behind
- fill
- get
- grow
- halt
- heed
- hide
- hold
- increase
- invalidate
- keep
- live
- load
- look at
- lose
- miss
- note
- notice
- pay attention
- permit
- question
- receive
- recognize
- refuse
- regard
- reject
- remain
- remember
- renounce
- repudiate
- respect
- rise
- rush
- sanction
- start
- stay
- stop
- succeed
- take
- use
- veto
- wait
- welcome
Definition of passed
Origin :- "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
- verb go by, elapse; move onward
- verb surpass, beat
- verb succeed, graduate
- verb give, transfer
- verb cease
- verb enact, legislate
- verb express formally
- verb decide not to do
- verb rid of waste
- The box was passed from hand to hand, and excited universal admiration.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- "Such an edict was passed because Athens is not a republic," replied Philæmon.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Twenty-four hours have now passed, and we are still tossing about on the ocean.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I supposed this to be a custom with the colored population of Turkey, and passed on.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- Day after day passed on with no news of Giles or Will Wherry.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Mr. Forrest had passed through Adelaide one day before his arrival.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- On our way to-day we passed some fine rock holes, but all were quite dry.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- The blanks are now ready to be passed to the next process—marking.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
- I am well aware of the criticism which will at once be passed on what I now advance.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- Then there was another stream to cross, which was also passed in safety.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
Synonyms for passed
- accept
- adopt
- answer
- approve
- authorize
- be established
- be ordained
- be sanctioned
- become law
- become ratified
- become valid
- befall
- blow over
- blow past
- buck
- carry
- cash in
- catch
- claim
- close
- come off
- come to pass
- come up
- convey
- crawl
- cross
- cruise
- decease
- declare
- decline
- decree
- defecate
- deliver
- demise
- depart
- develop
- die
- disappear
- discharge
- discontinue
- discount
- disregard
- dissolve
- do
- drag
- drop
- dwindle
- ebb
- eliminate
- emit
- empty
- end
- engage
- establish
- evacuate
- evaporate
- exceed
- excel
- exchange
- excrete
- expel
- expire
- exude
- fade
- fail
- fall out
- fare
- flow
- fly
- fly by
- forget
- get ahead
- get through
- give
- give off
- glide
- glide by
- go
- go beyond
- go by
- go past
- hand
- hand over
- happen
- hie
- ignore
- journey
- kick
- lapse
- leave
- leave behind
- let have
- linger
- matriculate
- melt away
- miss
- move
- neglect
- not heed
- occur
- omit
- ordain
- outdistance
- outdo
- outgo
- outrace
- outshine
- outstrip
- overlook
- pass away
- pass by
- pass muster
- pass on
- pass up
- perish
- peter out
- pledge
- proceed
- progress
- promise
- pronounce
- push on
- qualify
- ratify
- reach
- refuse
- relinquish
- repair
- rise
- roll
- run
- run by
- run out
- sanction
- send
- send forth
- shoot
- shoot ahead of
- skip
- slight
- slip away
- state
- stop
- succumb
- suffice
- suit
- surmount
- take place
- terminate
- throw
- top
- transcend
- transmit
- transpire
- travel
- undertake
- utter
- validate
- vanish
- void
- vote in
- wane
- wend
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