English

Pronunciation

• a RP /pɑ:st/, /pA:st/
• a GenAm /pæst/, /p

Movement or route past an object

• Half-pass, a movement in dressage, in which the horse moves forward and sideways at the same time
• Mountain pass, a lower place in a mountain range allowing easier passage
• Pass, of a compiler, is a run of a code processor in a computer programming language compiler
• Pass (sleight of hand), a sleight of hand move
• The Pass, a sleight of hand move
• Making a pass, an attempt at romantic seduction
• First pass effect, a phenomenon of drug metabolism whereby the concentration of a drug is greatly reduced before it reaches the systemic circulation
• Passing or overtaking, when a faster vehicle moves in front of a slower one on a road
  • Passing lane, a lane on a road for use while overtaking
  • Passing loop, a section of double track on a single-line railway where trains can pass each other
• Passing feces, defecation
• Passing water, urination
• Passing, approval of a proposed law by a legislative body
• Passing away, a euphemism for dying
• Passing out, losing consciousness
• Passing out, graduation from a military academy
• Two pass verification or double data entry, a data entry quality control method

Permit

• Pass, a ticket for unlimited admission, discounts, etc
• Backstage pass, an employee pass for backstage areas of a performance venue
• Press pass or press card, a document granting special privilege or access to journalists
• Transit pass or bus pass, a ticket for unlimited travel on buses, trains etc
  • Eurail pass, a pass issued by Eurail Group for trains and buses in Europe
  • E-ZPass, an electronic toll collection system used on most tolled roads, bridges, and tunnels in the northeastern United States
  • Indrail Pass, a railway pass for Indian railways available to foreign nationals
  • I-PASS, an electronic toll-collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
  • Railroad Pass, a ticket that can be used to travel on a railroad
  • Universal Transit Pass or U-Pass, unlimited access to local transit for students
• Pass (United States military), permission for military personnel to be away from their unit for a short period in the U.S. military
• Pass laws, laws in apartheid South Africa designed to segregate the population and limit the movements of the non-white populace
• Hall pass, a token allowing a pupil to visit the restroom in school

Passing from one person or thing to another

• Buck passing, passing responsibility from one person to another
• Message passing, a form of communication in computer science
• Variational message passing, a mathematical technique for continuous-valued Bayesian networks
• Passing (sports), to pass the ball or puck between members of the same team
  • Passing (Association Football)
  • Passing (American football)
• Passing (juggling), when two or more people share a juggling pattern
• Token passing, a channel access method in telecommunications where a "token" authorizes nodes to communicate

Passing off or passing as

• Passing off, in law, presenting one product as another
• Passing (sociology), to present oneself off as a member of another sociological group, such as:
  • Passing (disability), a disabled person presenting themselves as not being disabled or as being less disabled than they really are
  • Passing (ethnic group), a member of one ethnic group presenting themselves as a member of another
  • Passing (gender), a person of one sex presenting themselves as a member of the opposite gender, or an intersexed person presenting themselves as a chosen gender
  • Passing (racial identity), a person of one race presenting themselves as a member of another
  • Passing (sexual orientation), a person of one sexual orientation presenting themselves as another
  • Passing (social class), a person of one social class presenting themselves as a member of another

Culture

Music

• All Things Must Pass, a triple album by George Harrison
• Far Away Trains Passing By, an album by Ulrich Schnauss
• "Is she not passing fair?", a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar
• "Like An Angel Passing Through My Room", a song by ABBA
• A Painter Passing Through, an album by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot
• Pass The Flask, an album by post-hardcore band The Bled
• "Passing Afternoon", a single by band Iron and Wine
• "Passing By", a song written by Brian Wilson for the American pop band The Beach Boys
• The Ever Passing Moment, an album by MxPx
• A Passing Fancy, a Toronto band
• "Passing Friend", a song written by Boy George and Roy Hay, and recorded by The Beach Boys
• "Passing Strangers", an Ultravox single
• Passing Through (album), an album by American singer/songwriter Owen Temple
• Slip Stitch and Pass, a live album by Phish

Books

• A Dark Night's Passing, a novel by Japanese writer Shiga Naoya
• The Passing of the Armies, a Civil War memoir by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
• The Passing of the Great Race, a 1916 book of scientific racism by Madison Grant
• Passing (novel), a novel by Nella Larsen
• Passing Time in the Loo, a series of books of facts and trivia

Films and theatre

• The Passing of Hell's Crown, a 1916 Western film featuring Harry Carey
• Passing Glory, a baseball drama film
• Passing Parade, a long-running series of MGM short films
• Winter Passing, a 2005 American film written and directed by Adam Rapp
• The Passing Show of 1916, a Broadway musical revue
• The Passing Show of 1918, a Broadway musical revue

Television

• Passing Through Gethsemane, an episode from the science-fiction television series Babylon 5

Places

• Pass Christian, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi

People

• Joe Pass (Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, 1929–1994), jazz musician

See also

• Bypass (disambiguation)
• Parsing
• PASS (disambiguation)
• Passage (disambiguation)