pass for en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
When I visited the offices in March, the walls were bare, the furniture battered. With the addition of a dead plant, the suite could pass for a graduate-student lounge.
2006, The New Yorker, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2012:
- (transitive) To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| passes for | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| passing for | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| passed for | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| passed for | Tense=Past | lexicographic |