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• pas
  pas

  noun

  a step or series of steps in ballet.
• PA's
  PA's

  plural noun

  mountaineering a type of rock boot
• PAS
  PAS

  abbreviation

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

pas

American  

[pah] / pɑ /

noun

pas plural

1. a step or series of steps in ballet.

2. right of precedence.

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pas ¹ British  

/ pɑ, pɑː /

noun

1. a dance step or movement, esp in ballet

2. rare the right to precede; precedence

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PA's ² British  

plural noun

1. mountaineering a type of rock boot

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PAS ³ British  

abbreviation

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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• pas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pas

1695–1705; < French < Latin passus. See pace ¹

Example Sentences

“Beans! Your pa’s on the horn!” he hollered.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

“And you think your pa’s gonna give me land like he will you? No sir, I’m here for the work. Your pa told me so.”

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

Mr. Leroy sat back down and said to me, “Elijah, maybe your pa’s right. Maybe I shouldn’t be trusting Zeph like this.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

The only thing I could think to say was, “No one, ma’am. I’m my ma and pa’s boy.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

“Yes, ma’am, I will. And I’ll tell her her pa’s name’s Kamau and her ma’s name’s Chloe and she’s got two names, Hope and Too-mah...”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis