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pas
[ pah ]
noun
, plural pas.
- a step or series of steps in ballet.
- right of precedence.
PAS
1abbreviation for
- physician-assisted suicide: a practice in which a terminally-ill person requests a medical practitioner to administer a lethal dose of medication
PA's
2plural noun
- mountaineering a type of rock boot
pas
3/ pɑ; pɑː /
noun
- a dance step or movement, esp in ballet
- rare.the right to precede; precedence
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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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