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 Definitions of passing  [ˈpæs ɪŋ, ˈpɑ sɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'passing' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) passing
going past; elapsing:
each passing day.

2.  passing
brief; fleeting:
a passing fancy.

3.  passing
superficial; cursory:
a passing mention.

4.  passing
indicating satisfactory performance, as in a test:
a passing grade.

5. (adv.) passing
surpassingly; very:
passing strange.

6. (n.) passing
the act of a person or thing that passes or causes to pass.


Definition of 'passing' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pass, passing play, passing game, passing
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
"the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"

2. (noun) passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
euphemistic expressions for death
"thousands mourned his passing"

3. (noun) passing, passage
the motion of one object relative to another
"stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

4. (noun) passing
the end of something
"the passing of winter"

5. (noun) passage, passing
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
"the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

6. (noun) passing, overtaking
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
"she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"

7. (adj) passing, pass, qualifying
success in satisfying a test or requirement
"his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"

8. (adj) ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious
lasting a very short time
"the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

9. (adj) passing(a), pass(a)
of advancing the ball by throwing it
"a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"

10. (adj) passing(a)
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
"a passing grade"

11. (adverb) casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

12. (adverb) extremely, exceedingly, super, passing
to an extreme degree
"extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"


Definition of 'passing' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) passing
relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing

2. (adj) passing
exceeding; surpassing, eminent

3. (adverb) passing
exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange

4. (noun) passing
the act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away

5.  passing
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Translation of 'passing' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: going past
a passing car.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verbygaande Arabic flag Arabic: عابِر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: минаващ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: que passa(va) Czech flag Czech: míjející German flag German: vorbei-...
Danish flag Danish: overhalende Greek flag Greek: διερχόμενος, περαστικός Spanish flag Spanish: transitable
Estonian flag Estonian: mööduv Farsi flag Farsi: گذرنده Finnish flag Finnish: ohimenevä
French flag French: qui passe Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוֹלֶף Hindi flag Hindi: गुजरता हुआ
Croatian flag Croatian: koji prolazi Hungarian flag Hungarian: elhaladó Indonesian flag Indonesian: lewat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sem fer hjá/fram úr Italian flag Italian: (che passa) Japanese flag Japanese: 通り過ぎる
Korean flag Korean: 지나가는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: praeinantis, pravažiuojan Latvian flag Latvian: garāmejošs; garāmbraucošs
Malay flag Malay: lalu Dutch flag Dutch: voorbijgaand Norwegian flag Norwegian: forbigående/-kjørende
Polish flag Polish: wyprzedzający, przejeżdża Persian flag Persian: گذرنده Pashto flag Pashto: تيريدونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: que passa(va) Romanian flag Romanian: care trece Russian flag Russian: проходящий мимо
Slovak flag Slovak: prechádzajúci Slovenian flag Slovenian: ki gre mimo Serbian flag Serbian: prolazeći
Swedish flag Swedish: förbipasserande Thai flag Thai: ผ่านพ้นไปอย่างรวดเร็ว Turkish flag Turkish: geçip giden
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 經過的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: такий, що проходить мимох Urdu flag Urdu: گذرنے وا؛ا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đi qua Chinese flag Chinese: 经过的

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