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Meaning of "hospital pass" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOSPITAL PASS

hospital pass play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOSPITAL PASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hospital pass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOSPITAL PASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hospital pass

"Hospital pass" is a term used in several football codes to describe a pass that subjects the recipient to heavy contact, usually unavoidable, from an opposing player. The term may be applied to passes between team-mates in several sports including rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football, American football and association football— and is now widely used metaphorically.

Definition of hospital pass in the English dictionary

The definition of hospital pass in the dictionary is a pass made to a team-mate who will be tackled heavily as soon as the ball is received. Other definition of hospital pass is a task or project that will inevitably bring heavy criticism on the person to whom it has been assigned.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOSPITAL PASS

hospital administrator
hospital bed
hospital bill
hospital board
hospital care
hospital case
hospital corner
hospital doctor
hospital drama
hospital facilities
hospital nurse
hospital service
hospital ship
hospital train
hospitaler
Hospitalet
hospitalisation
hospitalise
hospitalist
hospitalities

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOSPITAL PASS

back pass
backstage pass
boarding pass
bring to pass
bus pass
bypass
centre pass
come to pass
compass
day pass
encompass
forward pass
free pass
mountain pass
overpass
pass
press pass
ski pass
stab pass
wall pass

Synonyms and antonyms of hospital pass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hospital pass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOSPITAL PASS

Find out the translation of hospital pass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hospital pass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hospital pass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

医院通
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pase el hospital
570 millions of speakers

English

hospital pass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्पताल पारित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ممر المستشفى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

больница проход
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

passe hospitalar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাসপাতাল পাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passe à l´hôpital
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pas hospital
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Krankenhaus Pass
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

病院のパス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

병원 패스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rumah sakit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vượt qua bệnh viện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மருத்துவமனை பாஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉस्पिटल पास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hastane kartı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

passaggio ospedale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szpital podał
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лікарня прохід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pass spital
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νοσοκομείο πέρασμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hospitaal pas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjukhus passera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sykehus pass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hospital pass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOSPITAL PASS»

The term «hospital pass» is used very little and occupies the 158.576 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOSPITAL PASS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hospital pass» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hospital pass» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hospital pass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOSPITAL PASS»

Discover the use of hospital pass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hospital pass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Review of Clinical Psychiatry and the Law
For the patient in the clinical vignette, the psychiatrist decides to substitute hospital pass for the risk factor category recent discharge from a psychiatric hospital. While posing some risk, the pass is well planned and will be closely supervised.
Robert I. Simon, 1992
2
When Organization Fails: Why Authority Matters
he had found himself in (he characterized it in his later correspondence with the ministerial inquiry as a “hospital pass”): There is ample documentary evidence that demonstrates: The project was on a sound footing and all change control ...
James R. Taylor, Elizabeth J. Van Every, 2014
3
St. Thomas's Hospital Gazette
So here's to the Hospital, Pass round the bottle, And drink it a bumper in state. For there's not a disease, On the land or the seas, St. Thomas's can't extirpate. In this land of promise fair, A bacillus none too rare, Has recently postponed a ...
‎1906
4
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of ...
644 Henry, of 'the hospital', pass, 2340 Henry, passes recommended by, 2860 John, captain of foot, 495 John, captain of HMS Stirling Castle, death, 67A&n John, waggoner, petition 1428 Lewis, pass. 2860 Mary daughter of Capt John ( RN), ...
Great Britain. Public Record Office, A. Rumble, Robert Pentland Mahaffy, 2006
5
Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD
His resident psychiatrist chastised him for acting out and violating his hospital pass privilege. The authoritarian and insecure resident characterized Mike's actions as a “malignant form of regressive acting out.” But the truth was that, because of ...
John P Wilson Ph D, John P. Wilson, Ph.D., Rhiannon Brywnn Thomas Ph D, 2004
6
The Letters of a Victorian Madwoman
These are evidently the nicknames that Roper assigned to Sheffield and Fowls. Mrs. Fowls was the wife of an Episcopal bishop. It is unclear why Roper called Sheffield "Hospital Pass." 50. Indigent patients on the back wards. 51. The indigent ...
John S. Hughes, 1993
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Escape Inc
I wasn't so sure about a hospital pass though. I aired my doubts and Andy said “ can't Derm get us a pass?” “He gets us passports a hospital pass should be a doddle for him.” “I'll ring him, “Andy said. It transpired that the hospital passes would ...
Steve Farndon, 2006
8
Kisses of Sunshine for Sisters
He flashed her a mean look and told her she was not allowed past him without a hospital pass. She explained that she had never had to get a hospital pass before and had been instructed to show the twins' ID bracelets when she needed to ...
Carol Kent, 2005
9
Blade Runner
On 21 June 2003 I was playing rugby when I was tackled with what is commonly called a 'hospital pass”. I never even saw it coming. A hospital pass is a high pass that earned its particular name from the high probability that it would land you ...
Oscar Pistorius, 2009
10
The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words and ...
Equally common in New Zealand is the stronger 'pissed off', though 'hosed off' would be preferred in polite company. hospital pass A rugby pass made in dangerous proximity to a defender, or worse, defenders, so the person who now has the ...
Max Cryer, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOSPITAL PASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hospital pass is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Kincora upbeat as Mongolia returns to investment fold - Proactive …
“I walked into a bit of a hospital pass when I took over as chief executive with a dispute with the government and various negative bits of legislation put in place ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Jul 15»
2
Kincora upbeat as Mongolia returns to investment fold
“I walked into a bit of a hospital pass when I took over as chief executive with a dispute with the government and various negative bits of legislation put in place ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
3
Ashes 2015: Andrew Strauss is the architect of England's victory …
His first assignment was to take a hospital pass from the incoming England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, Colin Graves, who had told the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
'What's left, ref?' – The running diary of an unfit man at a tag rugby …
An ill-timed goose step and hospital pass from yours truly had us on the back foot, and a 3-2 defeat signaled the end of the Pig 'N' Porter for the ... «The42, Jul 15»
5
Video: South African commentator Joel Stransky cringes as Jordan …
Taufua was caught off guard when he received a hospital pass from his World XV team mate Maxime Machenaud, but to his credit Taufua got ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
6
Things named after other things or sometimes after people special!
Meanwhile in Denmark, a hospital pass is known as a 'rigtig Jesper Olsen' ('a real Jesper Olsen'). “It's named after Olsen's square ball across ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Budget response: Local Government
Devolving the power to reach a decision on Sunday trading was a nicely placed hospital pass . The chancellor was careful to focus on the link ... «Grant Thornton, Jul 15»
8
Banned doctor Levon Mikhitarian treated more than 3300 patients at …
He was caught out in April last year when an application for a hospital pass triggered the fact that he was using the name of a real doctor. «Kent Online, Jul 15»
9
A plague on all euro houses
So the people of Greece have been handed the hospital pass and are being asked to vote on something which is not on the table by a ... «IFR Asia, Jun 15»
10
Sainsbury's Mike Coupe: 'I'm not especially anxious when things …
Latest results showed a further drop, of 2.1%. King's timing, it seems, was impeccable. He and Leahy look like masters of the hospital pass. «Management Today, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hospital pass [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hospital-pass>. Apr 2024 ».
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