pass on
v 1: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon,
please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned
over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand,
reach, turn over, give]
2: tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to
the Russians"; "leave your name and address here" [syn: impart,
leave, give]
3: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches
on" [syn: advance, progress, move on, march on, go
on] [ant: recede]
4: give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes
to my children"
5: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes
to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: relegate,
submit]
6: cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among
the faculty" [syn: circulate, pass around, distribute]
7: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to
all employees" [syn: communicate, pass, put across]
WordNet (r) 2.0
185 Moby Thesaurus words for "pass on":
OK, abalienate, accept, accredit, add a codicil, advance, affirm,
alien, alienate, amen, amortize, approve, assign, authenticate,
authorize, autograph, barter, be lost, bequeath, break, broadcast,
carry over, cease to be, cease to live, cede, certify,
change hands, change ownership, come along, come on, communicate,
confer, confirm, consign, convey, cosign, countersign,
cover ground, decease, deed, deed over, deliver, demise, depart,
depart this life, deport, descend, devise, devolve, devolve upon,
die, diffuse, disseminate, endorse, enfeoff, entail, exchange,
execute a will, expel, expire, export, extradite, fall,
fall asleep, gain ground, gather head, gather way, get across,
get ahead, get along, get over, give, give permission,
give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur, give thumbs up,
give title to, give word, go, go ahead, go along, go fast,
go forward, go on, go out, hand, hand down, hand forward, hand on,
hand over, impart, import, initial, leave, leave word,
make a bequest, make a will, make good time, make head against,
make headway, make known, make over, make progress,
make progress against, make strides, make up leeway, metastasize,
metathesize, move, move forward, negotiate, notarize, part, pass,
pass along, pass away, pass over, pass the buck, pass upon,
perfuse, perish, permit, proceed, progress, put off mortality,
quit this world, ratify, relay, render, report, return to dust,
roll, rubber stamp, sanction, say amen to, seal, second, sell,
send, send word, settle, settle on, share, share with, sign,
sign and seal, sign away, sign over, signal, spread, stem,
step forward, stop breathing, subscribe to, succeed, succumb,
support, surrender, swear and affirm, swear to, switch, tell,
trade, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate,
translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, travel,
turn over, undersign, underwrite, up and die, validate, visa, vise,
warrant, will, will and bequeath, will to, yield the ghost
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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