"pass by" meaning in All languages combined

See pass by on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /pɑːs ˈbaɪ/ [UK], /pæs ˈbaɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-pass by.wav [US] Forms: passes by [present, singular, third-person], passing by [participle, present], passed by [participle, past], passed by [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pass by (third-person singular simple present passes by, present participle passing by, simple past and past participle passed by)
  1. (intransitive) To travel past without stopping. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-pass_by-en-verb-rVYMx0iO
  2. (transitive) To travel past (something) without stopping; to ignore, to disregard. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to ignore): misregard
    Sense id: en-pass_by-en-verb-FX8sF3u4 Disambiguation of 'to ignore': 2 88 5 5
  3. (intransitive) Of a period of time: to come to an end, to elapse. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to elapse): pass Hypernyms: move, transit
    Sense id: en-pass_by-en-verb-xQnbzWB1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (by) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 67 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (by): 5 5 60 30 Disambiguation of 'to elapse': 2 3 67 27
  4. (Philippines) To drop by. Tags: Philippines
    Sense id: en-pass_by-en-verb-lZx4hfXI Categories (other): Philippine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ignore, elapse, fly by [idiomatic], forpass [obsolete], forthglide [obsolete], overgo [UK, dialectal], pass by, roll on, slip by, transpass [obsolete] Synonyms (to travel past): go by Disambiguation of 'to travel past': 46 54 0 0

Inflected forms

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