pass

Naija

Alternative forms

• reach 0.58 4354, suffer 0.40 1292, cost 0.39 453, plant 0.39 246, spend 0.38 706, taste 0.38 91, grow 0.37 785, than 0.36 762, land 0.36 1536

Etymology

Borrowed from English pass

Pronunciation

• pæs

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 106
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 133
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4359
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 87

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

pass: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:2)

   Na di same Messi dey involve for di next goal, after Dembele collect pass from di striker hammer in di second goal.  — (bbc__70511, __no translation__)

   Alakija talk say di money dem take buy dis da Vinci work pass all di money wey dem don use buy art work for di whole of Africa for di pass 5 to 10 years.  — (bbc__13644, __no translation__)

2. amod-det (frequency:2)

   Market di pass small small, even if no be for way way we laikam, de know your culture promoter tok.  — (bbc__98303, __no translation__)

   Niger ia sealed her return to th e Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon with a draw against South Africa last week, Iheanacho , again was at a center of controversy when he couldn’t control a perfect pass from Ahmed Musa with goalkeeper just in front of him.  — (brila__1158, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• reach 0.58 4354, suffer 0.40 1292, cost 0.39 453, plant 0.39 246, spend 0.38 706, taste 0.38 91, grow 0.37 785, than 0.36 762, land 0.36 1536

Antonyms

• reach 0.58 4354, suffer 0.40 1292, cost 0.39 453, plant 0.39 246, spend 0.38 706, taste 0.38 91, grow 0.37 785, than 0.36 762, land 0.36 1536

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

pass: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. obj (frequency:1248)

   Pass ten.  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__155, More than ten.)

   pass other cities.  — (bbc__93776, __no translation__)

2. - (frequency:963)

   Waka pass.  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__175, Move away.)

   Abeg waka pass,  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__171, please move away.)

3. obl:arg (frequency:256)

   Defenders wey cost pass for di world  — (bbc__27888, __no translation__)

   Who dey make moni pass for Nollywood?  — (bbc__100171, __no translation__)

4. mark-obj (frequency:99)

   Na to jump as pass jare. - Cheska Nnoli  — (bbc__2714, __no translation__)

   E no get anything wey pass Jehovah name.  — (jw__9138, __no translation__)

5. dep (frequency:96)

   E come dey pray pass before.  — (jw__172, __no translation__)

   I even dey happy pass before.  — (jw__2275, __no translation__)

6. advcl (frequency:54)

   Me, I no too sabi past pass as I dey go.  — (IBA_08_Music-And-Art-Students_DG__18, I, I do not really know the past more than I know.)

   No drink pass as your body go fit carry.  — (bbc__16921, __no translation__)

7. ccomp (frequency:39)

   The one wey small pass get ten lines.  — (katakata__1089, __no translation__)

   E add say di kain message e wan pass through dancing na say:  — (bbc__43836, __no translation__)

8. mark (frequency:26)

   E go come to pass.  — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__29, It will come to pass.)

   All the years wey pass,  — (jw__1242, __no translation__)

9. advmod (frequency:25)

   Even pass…  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__161, Even more...)

   I suppose sabi pass so.  — (bbc__4062, __no translation__)

10. obl:mod (frequency:25)

    go better pass like this?  — (jw__48719, __no translation__)

    Na di school shooting wey worse pass since 2012.  — (bbc__70533, __no translation__)

11. dep-obj (frequency:19)

    How, which yeye pass mark?  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__97, How, which kind of useless pass mark ?)

    Dem no big pass you at all.  — (jw__6676, __no translation__)

12. nsubj (frequency:17)

    Waka pass.  — (NST_cleaned__11635, __no translation__)

    I pass, I pass.  — (IBA_01_Fola-Lifestory_MG__121, I passed my exams.)

13. aux-obj (frequency:11)

    except say Lagos State worker say if dem chop finish dem go dey pass bad road.  — (deuber__2619, __no translation__)

    Government of Sierra Leone say those wey don die fit pass this latest number wey dem don count.  — (bbc__54729, __no translation__)

14. cc-obj (frequency:10)

    So two of dem wait until dem reach or pass 23 years.  — (jw__4032, __no translation__)

    Alright Mummy G eh we don see am, but we pass dat level.  — (WAZK_01_Mose-And-Ubike_DG__21, Alright, Mummy G, eh, we have have seen it, but we have passed that level.)

15. aux (frequency:9)

    I enjoy am, I dey enjoy am pass.  — (ENU_10_Genus-Investment_DG__41, I like them, I like them best.)

    Jesus die for us, e go help us fit pass  — (jw__20055, __no translation__)

16. det (frequency:3)

    Dis pass, na everybody na I wan talk.  — (IBA_35_Christopher-And-David_DG__10, This issue, it's everybody that'll talk.)

    Election observer Behalal Anne say all tin di pass fain no complain for now  — (bbc__46713, __no translation__)

17. conj (frequency:2)

    Im wahala big pass, pass, pass, pass Nigeria wahala.  — (NST_cleaned__17850, __no translation__)

    Na Ephraim come many pass and get power pass other tribe.  — (jw__43484, __no translation__)

18. conj-obj (frequency:2)

    Na im Jehu shout give Jezebel servant wey near am sey: ‘Make una throwey am come down!’ True true, dem throwey Jezebel pass window and e fall for ground die.  — (jw__19359, __no translation__)

    Efforts don deh for dialogue do political negotiation, security and peace and consolidation plan but de situation still be critical with plenti manipulation weh Najat say dis wan kill many pipo pass oda tins dem, and youth dem despair.  — (bbc__46487, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• reach 0.58 4354, suffer 0.40 1292, cost 0.39 453, plant 0.39 246, spend 0.38 706, taste 0.38 91, grow 0.37 785, than 0.36 762, land 0.36 1536

Antonyms

• reach 0.58 4354, suffer 0.40 1292, cost 0.39 453, plant 0.39 246, spend 0.38 706, taste 0.38 91, grow 0.37 785, than 0.36 762, land 0.36 1536

Translations

• English: no definition