Pass

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A Pass can be:

• mountain pass, a low place in a mountain range allowing easier passage
• hall pass, a token allowing one to visit the restroom in school
• pass (United States military), permission to be away from one's unit for a short period in the U.S. military
• Pass, of a compiler, is a run of a code processor in a computer programming language compiler

Pass is the surname of:

• Joe Pass, a Jazz musician

Passing can be:

• Passing (sociology), to pass ones self off as a member of one or more different sociological groups such as different:
  • Passing (disability), a disabled person presenting themselves as not being disabled or as being less disabled than they really are
  • Passing (ethnic group), a member of one ethnic group presenting themselves as a member of another
  • Passing (gender), a person of one sex presenting themselves as a member of the opposite gender, or an intersexed person presenting themselves as a chosen gender
  • Passing (racial identity), a person of one race presenting themselves as a member of another
  • Passing (sexual orientation), a person of one sexual orientation presenting themselves as another
  • Passing (social class), a person of one social class presenting themselves as a member of another
• Passing of vehicles on roads
• Passing (juggling), when two or more people share a juggling pattern
• Passing (novel), a novel by Nella Larsen
• Passing, in regards to the process of digestion
• Passing, approval of a proposed law by a legislative body

Similar terms:

• Passing off (legal term), a way of enforcing an unregistered trademark by showing that someone else has pretended or impled that something else is the same
• Passage (strait), a very narrow but navigable shipping channel
• Passing away, a euphemism for dying