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To pass or go past without much interaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I like to sit and watch the world go by. The rest of the day went by quickly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pass by, go by, fly by, forpass, forthglide, overgo, pass, roll on, slip by, transpass
Antonyms: none provided
To be called, to use as a name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- His full name is Ernest Tinkleton, but he goes by Ernie.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To suggest or request that other people use a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I go by they/them pronouns.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: use
Antonyms: none provided
To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I'm only going by what my teacher said.
- a good rule to go by
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
be or act in accordance with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Go by this rule and you'll be safe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: follow, conform to
be called; go by a certain name
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She goes by her maiden name again
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: go under
Antonyms: none provided
move past
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window
- He passed his professor in the hall
- One line of soldiers surpassed the other
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, pass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: skirt, run by, fly by, zip by, whisk by
pass by
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, slide by, go along
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Narrower terms: fly, fell, vanish
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Cebuano:
labay
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Chinese Cantonese:
路過 /路过
(lou6 gwo3)
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Chinese Mandarin:
路過 /路过
(lùguò)
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Esperanto:
pasi
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Finnish:
mennä ohi
— to pass by without paying attention to
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French:
passer
— to pass by without paying attention to
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French:
ignorer
— to pass by without paying attention to
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German:
vorbeigehen
— to pass by without paying attention to
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German:
vorbeifahren
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Japanese:
擦れ違う
(surechigau)
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Latin:
praeterbito
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Latin:
praetereo
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Mongolian:
өнгөрөх
(öngöröx)
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Northern Ohlone:
nitkókni wá̄ka
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Polish:
mijać
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Polish:
minąć
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Portuguese:
passar
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Russian:
проходи́ть
(proxodítʹ)
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Russian:
проходи́ть ми́мо
(proxodítʹ mímo)
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Serbo-Croatian:
mimoići
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Spanish:
pasar
— to pass by without paying attention to
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Chinese Mandarin:
称呼
(chēng hu)
— to be called, to use as a name
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Esperanto:
nomiĝi
— to be called, to use as a name
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Finnish:
kutsua
— to be called, to use as a name
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French:
se faire appeler
— to be called, to use as a name
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Polish:
mieć na imię
— to be called, to use as a name
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Polish:
mieć na nazwisko
— to be called, to use as a name
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Spanish:
me llaman ...
— to be called, to use as a name
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Esperanto:
sekvi
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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Finnish:
noudattaa
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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French:
suivre
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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French:
se fier à
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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Polish:
sądzić po
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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Polish:
osądzać po
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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Polish:
osądzić po
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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Russian:
сле́довать
(slédovatʹ)
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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Spanish:
extrapolar / inferir / fiarse de
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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Spanish:
guiarse por
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
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Spanish:
seguir
— to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.