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PASS ALONG
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
pass along the good news
Synonyms:
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "pass along" is one way to...):
communicate; convey; transmit (transfer to another)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass along"):
implant; plant (put firmly in the mind)
send a message (give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally)
relay (pass along)
get across; put over (communicate successfully)
ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)
telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)
acknowledge; receipt (report the receipt of)
carry (pass on a communication)
deliver; render; return (pass down)
message (send as a message)
message (send a message to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody