pas
noun
a step or series of steps in ballet.
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- plural of pa.
pas
American
[pah]
/ pɑ /
noun
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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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The artistic pas de deux took a toll on Kusama’s mental health, sending her into periods of depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
“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
The first reason is the data collection faux pas of 2020.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
“My dads took me to see The Pirates of Penzance last year in New York. That song goes very fast. It’s a pit... a potter . . . pas . “Patter song?”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
One of the last things I did was attend PA's "special conference", in October.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
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
His family urged the ICC to prosecute those responsible, saying they had lost confidence in the PA's judiciary.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
The PA’s financial coverage expired, so he reapplied.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
“Having her voice during this critical time is instrumental in our PA’s ability to protect and empower our players.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
There is no single national dataset tracking PAS specifically, however, although NHS estimates range from one instance per 300 to one per 2,000 pregnancies.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
"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
Kelantan has been governed by the conservative Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, or PAS, since 1990.
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
For my first duty, and that which took the PAS of all others, was to the king—to save him harmless.
From A Gentleman of France by Stanley John Weyman
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