pass

Naija

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: Na when person trow ball give.

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, __It was this same Messi that was involved in the next goal, after Dembele hijacked the ball and pass from the striker scored the second goal.)

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, Manage the pass gradually, even if it is not the way we like it, we knew the view of your promoter)

Synonyms

• play, kick

Antonyms

• tack

Translations

• English: Pass

Verb

pass:

• Make someting comot small

1. obj (frequency:1248)

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

• Make person waka for one place reach anoder

1. - (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.)

• When someting make sense more

1. 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__)

• Make someting sele

1. 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__)

Derived forms

• pisspass

Synonyms

• dan 0.36 762, over

Antonyms

• bottom

Translations

• English: Past, go through,than