passed

[ past, pahst ]

adjective

1. having completed the act of passing. pass.
2. having received a passing pass grade on an examination or test or successfully completed a school course, year, or program of study.
3. Finance. noting a dividend not paid at the usual dividend date.
4. U.S. Navy. having successfully completed an examination for promotion, and awaiting a vacancy in the next grade:

   a passed chief engineer.

Other Words From

• un·passed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of passed¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; pass + -ed ²

Example Sentences

“All We Imagine as Light” is so confident in its poise, so expert in its exfoliation of a glittering, disconnected Mumbai and the delicate interiority of its trio of women, that it came as a disappointment to Oscar watchers that, in September, the movie was passed over by India’s selection committee to represent its home country at the Academy Awards.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Ramaswamy particularly loves an obscure 1977 law passed by President Jimmy Carter, the Reorganization Act, which states that “the president shall from time to time examine the organization of all agencies and determine what changes are necessary to carry forth the policies in this statute.”

From New York Times

Congress grew so incensed by the encroachment on its constitutionally prescribed powers of the purse that it passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to mandate that money approved by Congress must be spent by the executive branch under the president’s obligation to faithfully execute the laws of the land.

From New York Times

His death was announced in a post on his Facebook page, which said he “passed away peacefully at home” in Los Angeles “after suffering a stroke over the weekend.”

From Los Angeles Times

It showed the Audi slow down as it passed Max arriving at Mason’s home in Ilminster Avenue shortly after 23:00 BST on the Saturday night.

From BBC

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