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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It feels like a faux pas, to be that forward-thinking, and to be saying the quiet part out loud!
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Another Kushner faux pas, this one perhaps reflecting his ignorance of European history: “There is no such thing in the world as forever enemies or forever allies.”
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 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
It is a pas de deux of contrasts—roughness and polish, hardness and softness, danger and safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
I realized then that I had no more to fear concerning my faux pas in turning off their music.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
"Everyone is tired, everyone is exhausted, everyone is losing hope that the international community is going to be influential in solidifying the recognition," says Sabri Saidam, a senior member of Fatah, the PA's largest faction.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
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
The PA’s Housing Ministry in the West Bank did not return messages seeking comment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2023
That was matched by Lenfest Institute, providing the $2 million over three years to build Spotlight PA’s infrastructure.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
"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
We monitored the social media posts supporting Moldova's ruling party PAS, but did not uncover any obvious disinformation campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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
But after the photograph was taken the plate revealed a stranger standing actually by the side of the Princess Alexandrine, and even taking the PAS of the Grand Duke himself.
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte
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