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Princeton's WordNet

  1. travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, passverb

    move past

    "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"

Wiktionary

  1. pass byverb

    to proceed past something

  2. pass byverb

    to pass over. disregard, overlook

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  1. pass by

    "Pass by" generally means to move past or proceed beyond something or someone. In the context of programming, it refers to the method in which data or variables are transferred or passed into a function or method. The "pass by" method can either be "pass by value" or "pass by reference". "Pass by value" implies that the actual value is passed, while "pass by reference" involves passing the address or reference where the data is stored.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pass by in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pass by in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pass by in a Sentence

  1. Andr Maurois:

    Modesty and unselfishness--these are the virtues which men praise--and pass by.

  2. Ole Olsen:

    Most pregnancies start out as seemingly' low-risk,' but complications may occur or surface along the line as the months pass by, the' challenge' for a pregnant woman is to stay healthy all the way to term( i.e. 37 weeks), without running into any complications.

  3. Quentin Crisp:

    Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

  4. Ole Olsen:

    Most pregnancies start out as seemingly 'low-risk,' but complications may occur or surface along the line as the months pass by, the 'challenge' for a pregnant woman is to stay healthy all the way to term (i.e. 37 weeks), without running into any complications.

  5. Jeremy Corbyn:

    We don't pass by on the other side.


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