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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pass the time en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To occupy oneself for a period of time.
    • Since the train was late, we passed the time looking at our fellow passengers and making up stories about them.
    • Look at all the ugly people Fillin' holes to pass the time 2001, J. G. Thirlwell, “Heuldoch 7B”, in Flow, performed by Foetus:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
passing the time Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
passed the time Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
passed the time Tense=Past lexicographic
passes the time Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

pass the time of day · pastime · kill time

Translations (7)

pl zabić czas (to occupy oneself) · haw hoʻohala manawa (to occupy oneself) · grc φοιτάω (to occupy oneself) · de sich die Zeit vertreiben (to occupy oneself) · izh veettää (to occupy oneself) · th ฆ่าเวลา (to occupy oneself) · pl zabijać czas (to occupy oneself)