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PASS ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transmit information
Example:
pass along the good news
Synonyms:
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "pass on" is one way to...):
communicate; convey; transmit (transfer to another)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass on"):
implant; plant (put firmly in the mind)
send a message (give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally)
relay (pass along)
get across; put over (communicate successfully)
ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)
telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)
acknowledge; receipt (report the receipt of)
carry (pass on a communication)
deliver; render; return (pass down)
message (send as a message)
message (send a message to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
Example:
Time marches on
Synonyms:
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pass on" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass on"):
elapse; glide by; go along; go by; lapse; pass; slide by; slip away; slip by (pass by)
rachet up; ratchet; ratchet down (move by degrees in one direction only)
edge; inch (advance slowly, as if by inches)
close in; draw in (advance or converge on)
overhaul; overtake; pass (travel past)
string; string along (move or come along)
plough on; press on; push on (continue moving forward)
encroach; impinge; infringe (advance beyond the usual limit)
creep up; sneak up (advance stealthily or unnoticed)
penetrate (make one's way deeper into or through)
forge (move ahead steadily)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause to be distributed
Example:
This letter is being circulated among the faculty
Synonyms:
circulate; distribute; pass around; pass on
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pass on" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass on"):
send around (forward to others)
utter (put into circulation)
scatter; spread; spread out (strew or distribute over an area)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Give to or transfer possession of
Example:
She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "pass on" is one way to...):
bequeath; leave; will (leave or give by will after one's death)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass on"):
hand down (passed on, as by inheritance)
propagate (transmit from one generation to the next)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 5
Meaning:
Place into the hands or custody of
Example:
He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
Synonyms:
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "pass on" is one way to...):
transfer (cause to change ownership)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass on"):
give (leave with; give temporarily)
slip; sneak (pass on stealthily)
deal (give (a specific card) to a player)
deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in (to surrender someone or something to another)
free; give up; release; relinquish; resign (part with a possession or right)
commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust (confer a trust upon)
entrust; leave (put into the care or protection of someone)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence example:
They pass on the parcel to their parents
Sense 6
Meaning:
Transmit (knowledge or skills)
Example:
impart a new skill to the students
Synonyms:
give; impart; leave; pass on
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "pass on" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Verb group:
bequeath; leave; will (leave or give by will after one's death)
give (convey or reveal information)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass on"):
convey ((of information) make known; pass on)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence example:
They won't pass on the story
Sense 7
Meaning:
Refer to another person for decision or judgment
Example:
She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "pass on" is one way to...):
submit (refer for judgment or consideration)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Context examples:
Say no word to any whom we may meet, and, if any speak to you, pass on as though you heard them not.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was preparing only to bow and pass on, but her gentle How do you do? brought him out of the straight line to stand near her, and make enquiries in return, in spite of the formidable father and sister in the back ground.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Meanwhile I pass on to the second on my list, which promised also at one time to be of national importance, and was marked by several incidents which give it a quite unique character.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
