passed
part of speech
verb (pass, passes, passed, passing); also adjective (passed)
meaning for a pupil
1) (literal) went past; moved by something. tree →
2) (literal) succeeded in a test or exam. tree →
3) (literal) gave something to someone (passed the salt). tree →
4) (euphemism, polite, mostly US) died (short for passed away). tree →
5) (literal) time went by. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the death sense, Americans especially say «he passed» to talk about death gently; in all other senses it is an everyday verb. Everyday register; the death sense is polite, mainly USA, now spreading.
examples
- And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. (Torah DEU.2.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. (Torah GEN.12.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp. (Torah GEN.32.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them. (Writings JOB.15.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby. (Writings JOB.28.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah. (Prophets JDG.3.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- We passed the school on the way home. tree →
- She passed her maths test! tree →
- Can you pass the salt, please? tree →
- His dad passed when he was little. tree →
- Three hours passed before the rain stopped. tree →
- Grandma passed peacefully in her sleep. tree →
- He passed the ball to his teammate. tree →
- Many years passed by after this. tree →
note
Do not confuse «passed» (verb) with «past» (noun, adjective, preposition: in the past, walked past). «He passed» alone can mean died — check the context before saying «Congratulations!». Plain word for the death sense: died.
In the corpora
- And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh.
- (32-22) So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
- (32-32) And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.
- And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
- And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «passed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.