passed

[ past, pahst ]
/ pæst, pɑst /

adjective

having completed the act of passing.
having received a passing grade on an examination or test or successfully completed a school course, year, or program of study.
Finance. noting a dividend not paid at the usual dividend date.
U.S. Navy. having successfully completed an examination for promotion, and awaiting a vacancy in the next grade: a passed chief engineer.

Origin of passed

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at pass, -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM passed

un·passed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH passed

passed past paste

Definition for passed (2 of 2)

Origin of pass

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English passen < Old French passer < Vulgar Latin *passāre, derivative of Latin passus step, pace1; (noun) Middle English; in part < Middle French passe (noun derivative of passer), in part noun derivative of passen

synonym study for pass

35, 76b, 79. See die1.

OTHER WORDS FROM pass

pass·less, adjective out·pass, verb (used with object) sub·pass, noun

Example sentences from the Web for passed

British Dictionary definitions for passed

pass
/ (pɑːs) /

verb

noun

interjection

bridge a call indicating that a player has no bid to make

Word Origin for pass

C13: from Old French passer to pass, surpass, from Latin passūs step, pace 1

Medical definitions for passed

pass
[ păs ]

v.

To go across; go through.
To cause to move into a certain position.
To cease to exist; die.
To be voided from the body.

Idioms and Phrases with passed

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