Thesaurus results for PASS (FOR)

pass (for)

verb

Definition of pass (for)

as in to pretend

to present a false appearance of in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends

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One member of a relationship accidentally spills secrets because they get seduced by someone pretending to be the other member of their relationship.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2026
His shoulders slumped and his gait turned flat-footed, failing even to pretend to contest a Julian Champagnie shot.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of pretend

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Part of the research assignment was to figure out how to more efficiently extract carbon from deep seawater and add it to the shallow water near the coral to simulate rising ocean acidity.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Some examples include importing a long spreadsheet of customer records, simulating how an accounting batch will affect the general ledger before posting it or previewing the impact of a transaction on a project budget.

— Steve Cangiano, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of simulate

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It was assumed that they had been caught in the blizzard, lost their way, got separated, and, finally, died in the snow.

— Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
However, the flight system encountered a technical fault when Fluctus misinterpreted air pressure fluctuations as a crash landing and prematurely declared an emergency apogee, assuming the rocket was beyond recovery.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of assume

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Although Dry was fired after the 1982 season, TCU was put on probation by the NCAA in 1986 for a variety of infractions committed in the early 80s.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2026
As promised, the ESPN analyst, who just played a set at EDC Orlando electronica festival the night before, got out of teaching mode and put on his alter ego DJ Diesel hat for an on-campus party.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

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