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noun, plural pas.
a step or series of steps in ballet.
right of precedence.
Origin of pas
1695–1705; <
French <
Latin passus. See
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Related Words for pas
publicist,
dad,
papa,
parent,
predecessor,
ancestor,
pop,
daddy,
origin,
sire,
source,
progenitor,
padre,
begetter,
pappy,
procreator
Examples from the Web for pas
Contemporary Examples of pas
Foods, wines are categorized as “digest” or “pas digest,” as in easy or difficult to digest.
The false intelligence led the Germans to believe that the main force would land on the Pas de Calais rather than in Normandy.
Petrushevskaya is best at the pas de deux, where women and men stick together and peel apart due to some mysterious force.
Together, it is Williams and Gosling who are gracing movie screens this winter with the truest of pas de deux.
The perfect gift, Belk tells us, is about the recipient, pas vous.
Historical Examples of pas
Nor when we alight at the Pas de Soucis are these features wanting.
Why, my pa's richer than all the rest of 'em's pas put together.
"Pas du tout," d'Alcacer assured her with whimsical gravity.
When she came in to any full assembly, she would not yield the pas to the best of them.
"Look, Mitch," says I. And he looked and stopped and our pas went on.
British Dictionary definitions for pasnoun plural pas (pɑːz, French pɑ)
a dance step or movement, esp in ballet
rare the right to precede; precedence
Word Origin for pas
C18: French, literally: step
abbreviation for
physician-assisted suicide: a practice in which a terminally-ill person requests a medical practitioner to administer a lethal dose of medication
noun NZ
a Māori village or settlement
history a Māori defensive position and settlement on a hilltop
go back to the pa to abandon city life in favour of rural life
the internet domain name for
abbreviation for
Pennsylvania
personal appearance
personal assistant
military Post Adjutant
power of attorney
press agent
Press Association
banking private account
public-address system
publicity agent
Publishers Association
purchasing agent
insurance particular average
(in New Zealand) probationary assistant
Panama (international car registration)
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Word Origin and History for pasn."a step in dancing," 1775, from French pas; see pass (n.). Used in forming names for types of dances, e.g. pas de deux (1762).
1804, colloquial shortening of papa (q.v.).
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abbr.
para-aminosalicylic acid
periodic acid-Schiff
The symbol for the elementprotactinium
abbr.
physician's assistant
posteroanterior
pulmonary artery
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Abbreviation of pascal
The symbol for protactinium.
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