passed

[past, pahst]

adjective

1. having completed the act of passing. pass.

2. having received a passing pass grade on an examination or test or successfully completed a school course, year, or program of study.

3. Finance.,  noting a dividend not paid at the usual dividend date.

4. U.S. Navy.,  having successfully completed an examination for promotion, and awaiting a vacancy in the next grade.

   a passed chief engineer.

Other Word Forms

• unpassed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of passed¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; pass + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Andrea, the wife of the legendary Bruins coach, passed away in April.

From Los Angeles Times

On June 11, the board passed a resolution to formally censure Tabet and call on her to resign.

From Los Angeles Times

Nearly seven weeks passed between Jill Hartle learning that she was losing her first pregnancy and her receiving abortion care in Washington, D.C.

From Salon

She didn’t know my father because he passed away before she was born.

From Los Angeles Times

But the compromises that scaled it back are the reason the bill passed, they said.

From Los Angeles Times

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