Pass and Transition

Pass

Pass noun - A narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage.

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Transition and pass are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Transition" instead a noun "Pass".

Nearby Words: passage, passed, passing, passable

Transition noun - The act of passing from one state or place to the next.

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Pass and transition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pass" instead a noun "Transition".

long	long pass	long transition
similar	similar pass	similar transition
brief	brief pass	brief transition
short	short pass	short transition
Other adjectives: direct, single, actual, little, quick, new, final, last.

Often, elementary school, middle school, high school, and college are separate institutions requiring that prospective students pass rigid entrance examinations at each transition.

Source: Elevator School
Though the pre-transition was unusually easy, and they pass very well.

Source: Easy Sex Change
For others, you get things like spatial relationships that are constantly rearranged, being able to pass from one side of a layer to another with no obvious transition, and having a sun that is inexplicably always right above you while also being at the center of a spherical arrangement.

Source: Alien Geometries

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