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• pas
  pas

  noun

  a step or series of steps in ballet.
• PA's
  PA's

  plural noun

  mountaineering a type of rock boot
• PAS
  PAS

  abbreviation

  physician-assisted suicide: a practice in which a terminally-ill person requests a medical practitioner to administer a lethal dose of medication

pas

American  

[pah] / pɑ /

noun

pas plural

1. a step or series of steps in ballet.

2. right of precedence.

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pas ¹ British  

/ pɑ, pɑː /

noun

1. a dance step or movement, esp in ballet

2. rare the right to precede; precedence

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PA's ² British  

plural noun

1. mountaineering a type of rock boot

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PAS ³ British  

abbreviation

1. physician-assisted suicide: a practice in which a terminally-ill person requests a medical practitioner to administer a lethal dose of medication

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• pas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pas

1695–1705; < French < Latin passus. See pace ¹

Example Sentences

It’s my pa’s story, but he don’t tell it often ’cause he figures no one would believe him.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

“Beans! Your pa’s on the horn!” he hollered.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Mr. Leroy sat back down and said to me, “Elijah, maybe your pa’s right. Maybe I shouldn’t be trusting Zeph like this.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

“Miss Mattie Lou’s body wasn’t hardly gone to the funeral parlor before that woman was down to your pa’s house, washin’ and moppin’ and dustin’ and sweepin’.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

“All right. Find something dry to put on. Your pa’s got supper nearly ready.”

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit