What does passing mean?

Definitions for passing
ˈpæs ɪŋ, ˈpɑ sɪŋpass·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pass, passing play, passing game, passingnoun

    (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. passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, releasenoun

    euphemistic expressions for death

    "thousands mourned his passing"

  3. passing, passagenoun

    the motion of one object relative to another

    "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

  4. passingnoun

    the end of something

    "the passing of winter"

  5. passage, passingnoun

    a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

    "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

  6. passing, overtakingnoun

    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. passing, pass, qualifyingadjective

    success in satisfying a test or requirement

    "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"

  8. ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugaciousadjective

    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. passing(a), pass(a)adjective

    of advancing the ball by throwing it

    "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"

  10. passing(a)adjective

    allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

    "a passing grade"

  11. casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctoryadverb

    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. extremely, exceedingly, super, passingadverb

    to an extreme degree

    "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"

Wiktionary

  1. passingnoun

    Death, dying; the end of something.

  2. passingnoun

    The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.

  3. passingnoun

    The act of approving a bill etc.

  4. passingnoun

    The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.

  5. passingnoun

    A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.

  6. passingadverb

    Surpassingly, greatly.

  7. passingadjective

    That passes away; ephemeral.

  8. passingadjective

    Pre-eminent, excellent.

  9. passingadjective

    vague, cursory.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Passingparticipial adj.

    Etymology: from pass.

    No strength of arms shall win this noble fort,
    Or shake this puissant wall, such passing might
    Have spells and charms, if they be said aright. Edward Fairfax.

    Sir Hudibras his passing worth,
    The manner how he sallied forth. Hudibras.

    Oberon is passing fell and wroth. William Shakespeare.

    Many in each region passing fair
    As the noon sky; more like to goddesses
    Than mortal creatures. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    She was not only passing fair,
    But was withal discreet and debonair. Dryden.

    While thus we stood as in a stound,
    Full soon by bonfire and by bell,
    We learnt our liege was passing well. John Gay.

ChatGPT

  1. passing

    Passing generally refers to the act of moving something or someone from one place, position, condition, or direction to another. It can also mean the process of giving an object to someone else, usually by hand. Additionally, in the context of examinations or tests, passing implies achieving the required standards or levels. However, this term can be context-specific and may carry different meanings in different fields.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Passing

    of Pass

  2. Passingnoun

    the act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away

  3. Passingadjective

    relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing

  4. Passingadjective

    exceeding; surpassing, eminent

  5. Passingadverb

    exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange

Wikidata

  1. Passing

    Passing is the ability of a person to be regarded as a member of social groups other than his or her own, such as a different race, ethnicity, social class, gender, intelligence, age and/or disability status, generally with the purpose of gaining social acceptance. This may take the form of changing only one group from the person's own, such as a person's dressing so as to pretend to be of a higher social class. Etymologically, the term is simply a clipped form of the phrasal verb pass for or pass as, as in a counterfeit passing for the genuine article or an impostor passing as another person. It has been in popular use since at least the late 1920s.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Passing

    pas′ing, adj. going by, through, or away: happening now: surpassing.—adv. exceedingly: very.—ns. Pass′ing-bell, a bell tolled immediately after a person's death, originally to invite prayers for the soul passing into eternity; Pass′ing-note (mus.), a smaller note marking a tone introduced between two others, to effect a smooth passage from the one to the other, but forming no essential part of the harmony.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'passing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3659

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'passing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3765

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'passing' in Adjectives Frequency: #910

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of passing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of passing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of passing in a Sentence

  1. Chuck Schumer:

    Our proposal for a talking filibuster on these pieces of legislation would be the first step towards passing voting rights, restoring this body and breaking the gridlock that we now face on this vital issue.

  2. Jeff Unze:

    Right now, nobody wants to be grinchy and steal Christmas so they are passing on as little as possible.

  3. Matter NYC founder Joseph Imperatrice:

    In my 16 year career as an officer Founder of BLUE LIVES MATTER-NYC, I have never seen nor imagined we would be living in a time where criminals are justified for their actions and officers are continuously bashed and blamed. Defunding the police, knee jerk reactions to passing bills such as Bail Reform, The Diaphragm Bill, and the ending of Qualified immunity are sending a direct message to criminals that they can basically do whatever they want and they will get away with it.

  4. Vladislav Kaim:

    To me, it shows the extent to which there is no consistency in the climate space to trust politicians on anything they say, it sends a very strong message that the real black box here is in the minds of the politicians who had all the levers required to avert the catastrophe but decided to keep passing the buck until it was too late.

  5. Rick Perry:

    Until you've done it you don't even realize what a challenge it is - these broad array of issues that you just have to have more than just passing knowledge of.

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Translations for passing

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • passatgerCatalan, Valencian
  • verrinnend, flüchtig, vorübergehendGerman
  • pasajero, superficial, muerte, paso, extremadamente, pase, somero, aprobación, excelenteSpanish
  • syöttö, ohitus, syöttäminen, ohimennen, peräti, poismeno, katoavainen, hyväksyminen, suurenmoinen, katoava, siirtyminen, syöttely, ohimenevä, läpimeno, loppu, ohittaminenFinnish
  • passager, passingFrench
  • [[զույգով]] [[ժոնգլյորություն]], [[խմբով]] [[ժոնգլյորություն]], թռուցիկ, ընդունում, անցում, մահ, փոխանցում, անցողիկ, անցնելը, շատ, գերազանց, չափազանց, մեռնելըArmenian
  • חוֹלֵףHebrew
  • vago, óbito, efêmero, passageiro, passagem, excelente, preeminente, ótimo, aprovação, passe, temporário, morte, extremamentePortuguese
  • выдаю́щийся, вскользь, смерть, передача, отли́чный, расплы́вчатый, принятие, чрезвычайно, жонглирование с партнёром, проходя́щий, переходRussian
  • đi quaVietnamese
  • פארבייגייענדיקYiddish

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