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pas

[ pah ]

noun

, plural pas.
  1. a step or series of steps in ballet.
  2. right of precedence.

PAS

1

abbreviation for

  1. physician-assisted suicide: a practice in which a terminally-ill person requests a medical practitioner to administer a lethal dose of medication

PA's

2

plural noun

  1. mountaineering a type of rock boot

pas

3

/ pɑ; pɑː /

noun

  1. a dance step or movement, esp in ballet
  2. rare.
    the right to precede; precedence

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pas1

1695–1705; < French < Latin passus. See pace 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pas1

C20: named after P ierre A llain, French climber

Origin of pas2

C18: French, literally: step

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