pas

[pah]

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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 pace¹

pa

[pah, paw]

noun Informal.

father.

Origin of pa

short for papa

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Examples from the Web for pas

Contemporary Examples

Foods, wines are categorized as “digest” or “pas digest,” as in easy or difficult to digest.
Yes, Women Can Make Great Wine
Jordan Salcito
March 22, 2014
The false intelligence led the Germans to believe that the main force would land on the Pas de Calais rather than in Normandy.
Week in Death: The Woman Who Cracked Hitler’s Codes
The Telegraph
November 17, 2013
Petrushevskaya is best at the pas de deux, where women and men stick together and peel apart due to some mysterious force.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Feb. 4, 2013
Jimmy So, G. Clay Whittaker, Tunku Varadarajan
February 4, 2013
Together, it is Williams and Gosling who are gracing movie screens this winter with the truest of pas de deux.
Michelle Williams on Her Film, Blue Valentine
Kevin Sessums
January 4, 2011
The perfect gift, Belk tells us, is about the recipient, pas vous.
6 Secrets of Perfect Gift Giving
Lee Eisenberg
November 26, 2009

Historical Examples

Nor when we alight at the Pas de Soucis are these features wanting.
The Roof of France
Matilda Betham-Edwards
Why, my pa's richer than all the rest of 'em's pas put together.
The Universal Reciter
Various
"Pas du tout," d'Alcacer assured her with whimsical gravity.
The Rescue
Joseph Conrad
When she came in to any full assembly, she would not yield the pas to the best of them.
The History of John Bull
John Arbuthnot
Pretty soon our pas came back and Mitch says, "When you goin' to leave?"
Mitch Miller
Edgar Lee Masters

British Dictionary definitions for pas

pas

noun plural pas (pɑːz, French pɑ)

a dance step or movement, esp in ballet
rare the right to precede; precedence

Word Origin

C18: French, literally: step

PAS

abbreviation for

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

pa¹

noun

an informal word for father

pa²

pah

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

Word Origin

Māori

pa³

the internet domain name for

Panama

Pa

the chemical symbol for

protactinium

symbol for

pascal

PA

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 pas

n.

"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).

pa

1804, colloquial shortening of papa (q.v.).

pas in Medicine

PAS

abbr.

para-aminosalicylic acid
periodic acid-Schiff

Pa

The symbol for the elementprotactinium

PA

abbr.

pas in Science

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Origin of pa

Examples from the Web for pas

Contemporary Examples

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

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.

Pretty soon our pas came back and Mitch says, "When you goin' to leave?"

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Word Origin and History for pas

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Origin of pas

pa¹

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