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Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime.
Rahman Baba

Meaning of "pass by" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PASS BY

pass by play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASS BY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pass by is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PASS BY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pass by in the English dictionary

The definition of pass by in the dictionary is to go or move past. Other definition of pass by is to overlook or disregard.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASS BY

pass
pass band
pass degree
pass in one´s marble
pass law
pass mark
pass muster
pass off
pass out
pass over
pass the buck
pass the hat round
pass the time of day
pass the time of day with someone
pass up
pass water
pass-the-parcel
pass-through
pass.
passable

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASS BY

bide by
by and by
come by
do by
fast by
full and by
get by
go by
happen by
hard by
hard done by
lay store by
put by
stand by
stick by
swing by

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

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PASS BY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pass by» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pass by

Translation of «pass by» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASS BY

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

Translator English - Chinese

路过
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasar por
570 millions of speakers

English

pass by
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

द्वारा पारित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пройти мимо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

passar pela
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপেক্ষা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passer à côté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lulus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vergehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

通り過ぎる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 의해 전달
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pass by
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடந்து செல்லுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्वारा पास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geçmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

passare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przejść przez
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пройти повз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trece prin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περνούν από
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbygaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passera genom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passerer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pass by

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASS BY»

The term «pass by» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.768 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASS BY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pass by» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pass by» 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 pass by

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10 QUOTES WITH «PASS BY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pass by.
1
Saint Augustine
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
2
Rahman Baba
Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime.
3
Isaac Barrow
I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
4
Snoop Dogg
It's hard to say goodbye to the streets. It's all how you do it. You can pass by and say, 'What's happening?' and keep it moving, but it's a certain element that'll never be able to roll with you once you get to this level, because that's the separation of it all.
5
Abba Eban
If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
6
Alice Hoffman
Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by.
7
Miranda Kerr
If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you're laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body.
8
Hideo Kojima
I always observe the people who pass by when I ride an escalator. I'll never see most of them again, so I imagine a lot of things about their lives... about the day ahead of them.
9
Lewis H. Lapham
I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth.
10
Pierre Loti
Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASS BY»

Discover the use of pass by in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pass by and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Horseman, Pass By: A Novel
Horseman, Pass By tells the story of Homer Bannon, an old-time cattleman who epitomizes the frontier values of honesty and decency, and Hud, his unscrupulous stepson.
Larry McMurtry, 2010
2
As You Pass by
THE STORY OF THE EARLY YEARS OF NEW YORK STATE.
Kenneth Holcomb Dunshee, 1952
3
Backstage Pass: Sinners on Tour
Rock musician Brian Sinclair loses his inspiration and stops writing until he begins an intense affair with psychologist Myrna Evans leads the entire band down a new path.
Olivia Cunning, 2010
4
Shadow Pass: A Novel of Suspense
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Sam Eastland's Archive 17.
Sam Eastland, 2011
5
The People Who Watched Her Pass by
Brave and unforgettable. Scott Bradfield creates a country for the reader to wander through, holding Sal's hand, assuming goodness."" -Los Angeles Times ""Scott Bradfield is an other world writer.
Scott Bradfield, 2010
6
Devil's Pass
Seventeen-year-old Webb's abusive stepfather has made it impossible for him to live at home, so Webb survives on the streets of Toronto by busking with his guitar and working as a dishwasher.
Sigmund Brouwer, 2012
7
Backstage Pass: The Naomi Striemer Story
Backstage Pass is the candid account of an up-and-coming recording artist who left everything to follow Christ.
Naomi Striemer, 2013
8
Stars Collide (Backstage Pass Book #1): A Novel
If you want more of Bella, DJ, Brock Benson, and other favorite characters from Janice Thompson, you'll love the Backstage Pass series. "Stars Collide is a fun-filled romp into Tinseltown with all its quirks and characters.
Janice Thompson, 2011
9
Trends in Distributed Systems: CORBA and Beyond: ...
This provides Copiable objects the opportunity for deciding whether to apply a pass-by-value or a pass-by-reference semantics on a per invocation basis. Also note that the get_object_state operation returns a sequence of references to some ...
Otto Spaniol, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Bernd Meyer, 1996
10
The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa
Strong men of Lilliputian Europe, pass by as I shower you with my Contempt! Pass by, you seekers after household comforts, seamstresses — male and female — in your dreams, who take as your model the plebeian D'Annunzio, aristocrat of ...
Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASS BY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pass by is used in the context of the following news items.
1
North fire reignites concerns about motorist safety in the Cajon Pass
A $120 million road repaving project underway in the Cajon Pass by Caltrans that will not be completed until Fall 2016 has slowed traffic ... «San Bernardino County Sun, Jul 15»
2
Leeds Rhinos 36 Catalans Dragons 22: Rhinos see off Dragons to …
... his second to level the scores and on the final play of the half Mitch Garbutt stormed in from a pass by Sinfield, who added his second goal. «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
3
Petr Cech makes home debut
Theo Walcott stabs home with the outside of his boot after a delightful pass by Jeff Reine-Adelaide. It must have been good because Arsene ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
4
Race: Vettel wins Hungarian thriller
The latter was handed a ten-second time penalty for making a pass by going off track but still held onto second as he was comfortably ahead of ... «Planet F1, Jul 15»
5
Time travel to your imaginary destination
Inside the gate, visitors pass by a rotating billboard that reads, “This Space Can't be Yours,” and enter a hallway that diverges into departure ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
6
MotoGP News: Suzuka 8 Hours: Smith, Espargaro salute historic …
That was underlined when the team received a stop-go penalty, forcing them to remain stationary in pit lane for 30-seconds, for a pass by ... «crash.net, Jul 15»
7
Why time flies as we get older
As you scroll through the years, you notice that each year takes significantly less time to pass by than the first. By the time you're 8, a year is ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
8
The Crime of Living Without a Home in Los Angeles
“Two years pass by, four, five years pass by; before you know it, you're ten years homeless in the streets because out here, time is nothing. «The Intercept - First Look Media, Jul 15»
9
Brisbane Broncos and Sydney Roosters extend unbeaten NRL runs
Within minutes of Elgey's departure, a pass by Broncos' five-eighth Anthony Milford which had more than a suspicion of being forward allowed ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Ricardo Lockette Talks “The Pass”
GLENDALE, AZ – FEBRUARY 01: Malcolm Butler #21 of the New England Patriots intercepts a pass by Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»

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