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1passing
noun pass·ing \ˈpa-siŋ\
: the act of moving toward and beyond something
: a person's death
: the act of officially approving a bill, law, etc.
Full Definition of PASSING
— in passing
: by the way : incidentally
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First Known Use of PASSING
14th century
2passing
adjective
: moving past someone or something
—used to talk about time that is going past
: lasting for only a short time
Full Definition of PASSING
1
: going by or past <a passing pedestrian>
2
: having a brief duration <a passing whim>
3
obsolete : surpassing
4
: superficial <a passing acquaintance> <a passing resemblance>
5
a : of, relating to, or used in or for the act or process of passing <passing lanes> b : given on satisfactory completion of an examination or course of study <a passing grade>
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First Known Use of PASSING
14th century
Related to PASSING
- Synonyms
- brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory
3passing
adverb
Definition of PASSING
: to a surpassing degree : exceedingly <passing strange>
First Known Use of PASSING
14th century
Related to PASSING
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, very, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
PASSING[1] Defined for Kids
1passing
adjective pass·ing \ˈpa-siŋ\
Definition of PASSING for Kids
1
: going by or past <passing cars>
2
: lasting only for a short time <a passing fad>
3
: showing haste or lack of attention <a passing glance>
4
: used for going past <passing lanes>
5
: showing satisfactory work in a test or course of study <a passing mark>
2passing
noun
Definition of PASSING for Kids
1
: the act of going by or going away <We await the passing of winter.>
2
: death 1
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