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Verb: pass on
  1. Place into the hands or custody of
    - pass, hand, reach, turn over, give
     
  2. Transmit (knowledge or skills)
    - impart, leave, give
     
  3. Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
    - advance, progress, move on, march on, go on
     
  4. Give to or transfer possession of
     
  5. Refer to another person for decision or judgment
    - relegate, submit
     
  6. Cause be distributed
    - circulate, pass around, distribute
     
  7. Transmit information
    - communicate, pass, pass along, put across

Derived forms: passed on, passing on, passes on

Type of: bequeath, communicate, convey, displace, go, leave, locomote, move, subject, submit, tell, transfer, transmit, travel, will

Encyclopedia: Pass on