"pass for" meaning in English

See pass for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: passes for [present, singular, third-person], passing for [participle, present], passed for [participle, past], passed for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pass for (third-person singular simple present passes for, present participle passing for, simple past and past participle passed for)
  1. (transitive) To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pass_for-en-verb-Gl74CASq
  2. (transitive) To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pass_for-en-verb-mjLUOozp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "for", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "for": 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "passes for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passing for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passed for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passed for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, The New Yorker, archived from the original on 2012-12-05:",
          "text": "When I visited the offices in March, the walls were bare, the furniture battered. With the addition of a dead plant, the suite could pass for a graduate-student lounge.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not"
      ],
      "id": "en-pass_for-en-verb-Gl74CASq",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose."
      ],
      "id": "en-pass_for-en-verb-mjLUOozp",
      "links": [
        [
          "sufficient",
          "sufficient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pass for"
}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "passes for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passing for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passed for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passed for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, The New Yorker, archived from the original on 2012-12-05:",
          "text": "When I visited the offices in March, the walls were bare, the furniture battered. With the addition of a dead plant, the suite could pass for a graduate-student lounge.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sufficient",
          "sufficient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pass for"
}

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