pass on

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	pass on - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" hand, turn over, pass, reach, give give - leave with; give temporarily; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?" transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" sneak, slip - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" deal - give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, turn in, deliver, render - to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" relinquish, resign, give up, release, free - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" entrust, intrust, confide, commit, trust - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" entrust, leave - put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"
	2.	pass on - transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" impart, give, leave convey - make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me" tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" bequeath, will, leave - leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" give - convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"
	3.	pass on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" advance, march on, move on, progress, go on go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" forge - move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead" penetrate - make one's way deeper into or through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest" creep up, sneak up - advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you" encroach, impinge, infringe - advance beyond the usual limit plough on, press on, push on - continue moving forward string along, string - move or come along overhaul, overtake, pass - travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" close in, draw in - advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him" edge, inch - advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car" rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down - move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool" elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"
	4.	pass on - give to or transfer possession of; "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law" bequeath, will, leave - leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" propagate - transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics" hand down - passed on, as by inheritance; "This ring was handed down through many generations"
	5.	pass on - refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" relegate, submit submit, subject - refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
	6.	pass on - cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" pass around, circulate, distribute move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" send around - forward to others; "he is sending around an appeal for funds" utter - put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency" spread out, scatter, spread - strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"
	7.	pass on - transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" communicate, pass along, put across, pass implant, plant - put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" send a message - give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally; "The lack of good teachers sends a strong message to all parents in the community" relay - pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers" get across, put over - communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well" call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" receipt, acknowledge - report the receipt of; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper" carry - pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province" render, deliver, return - pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" message - send as a message; "She messaged the final report by fax" message - send a message to; "She messaged the committee" transmit, communicate, convey - transfer to another; "communicate a disease"

Translations

? pass on

vi

(euph: = die) → entschlafen, verscheiden

(= proceed) → übergehen (to zu); right gentlemen, shall we pass on? → gut, meine Herren, wollen wir nun zum nächsten Punkt übergehen?

vt sep

news, information → weitergeben; disease → übertragen; pass it on! → weitersagen!; take a leaflet and pass them on → nehmen Sie ein Blatt und geben Sie die anderen weiter; we passed the information on to the police → wir gaben die Informationen an die Polizei weiter

cost, savings → weitergeben, weiterreichen