Antonyms for passes through


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pas, pahs
Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs


Definition of passes through

Origin :
  • "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
  • As in negotiate : verb traverse, cross
  • As in penetrate : verb pierce; get through physically
  • As in percolate : verb seep, drip (liquid)
  • As in permeate : verb filter, spread throughout
  • As in pierce : verb cut, penetrate
  • As in traverse : verb cross over; travel
  • As in cover : verb travel across area
  • As in do : verb travel, visit
  • As in go through : verb search
Example sentences :
  • But she passes through the crisis into a deep and profound love.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • The ground completes the electric circuit which passes through the body.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • She opens the door, passes through, and closes it behind her.
  • Extract from : « The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • The Waikato passes through this lake and then flows on for 120 miles.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • The traveller only passes through a country, the missionary dwells in it.
  • Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
  • Cecil runs for a kiss, and he passes through the group on the porch.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • Most of the trade with Russia passes through the port of Trebizond.
  • Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
  • It is produced about the times when Mars passes through its equinoxes.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
  • Raisin rises in the county of Lenawee, and passes through Monroe.
  • Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
  • In cases of this kind, there passes through our mind something which surprises us.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet

Synonyms for passes through

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