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passed

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[past, pahst] / pæst, pɑst /

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 Word Forms

  • unpassed adjective

Etymology

Origin of passed

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

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