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

How did they go from a team that was getting passed close to death by a slick Greece turn it around?

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"And therefore it was passed on to Hamas that we were taking a very strong role, or the president was taking a very strong position in standing behind his guarantees and his commitments here."

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Last year, Australia passed a law External link that is meant to prevent children under the age of 16 from using certain social media platforms.

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The days for signing a POA document have passed.

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Legislation that passed the Legislature unanimously aimed to give localities more flexibility to use state funds for such abstinence-focused projects.

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