pas
noun
a step or series of steps in ballet.
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- plural of pa.
pas
American
[pah]
/ pɑ /
noun
pas
plural
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a step or series of steps in ballet.
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right of precedence.
pas
1
British
/ pɑ, pɑː /
noun
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a dance step or movement, esp in ballet
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rare the right to precede; precedence
PA's
2
British
plural noun
PAS
3
British
abbreviation
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Etymology
Origin of pas
1695–1705; < French < Latin passus. See pace 1
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Canada has form in Eurovision: appearing for Switzerland, Canadian then-starlet Celine Dion triumphed in 1988 singing "Ne partez pas sans moi", launching her career internationally.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Which brings us to a faux pas in just about any workplace: Getting the boss’ attention for the wrong reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“So sad to hear of the passing of Pierre Deny,” actor Sylvie Vartan wrote in French on Instagram, posting a photo of herself with Deny on stage in “Ne me regardez pas comme ça!”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
On this week’s Slate Plus exclusive, Timothée Chalamet enters the pas de deux between an Oscar-nominated actor and a public itching for a villain.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
The man had a light colered berd like pas was when I was a boy and he had the same blue eyes with pas look in em.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
The PA’s prosecution office said it had no information about his case.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
Together with aid from foreign donors, the tax funds make up the bulk of the cash-strapped PA's public revenues and also help pay for civil servant salaries and other services in the West Bank.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2023
The PA’s Housing Ministry in the West Bank did not return messages seeking comment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2023
Mrs Lloyd believes the shortage of PA's is largely down to poor pay.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023
But the process is opaque and is denounced by the PA's critics.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2022
Cladding campaigners say the word "tolerable" appears dozens of times in the guidelines, which are known in the industry as PAS 8890.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
"Now that we have a new parliament, a new pro-European majority of PAS, we need to move on to another stage," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
The PAS is a member of the opposition bloc and the single biggest party in Parliament, as well as governing four of Malaysia’s 13 states.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
For this study, the research team performed multiple placental biopsies on 12 placentas -- six with PAS disorder and six controls -- conducting single-cell RNA analysis on 31,406 individual cells.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
One owes something to one's self, N'EST-CE PAS?
From South Wind by Douglas, Norman
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