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passing
[ pas-ing ]
adjective
- going by or past; elapsing:
He was feeling better with each passing day.
- brief, fleeting, or fortuitous; transitory:
to take a passing fancy to something.
- done, given, etc., in passing; cursory:
a passing mention.
- surpassing, preeminent, or extreme.
- indicating satisfactory performance in a course, on a paper, in a test, etc.:
a passing grade on a test.
- living or being known as a member of a racial, religious, or ethnic group other than one's own, especially living and being known as a white person although of Black ancestry:
Employees with a passing racial identity expressed frequent discomfort in the workplace.
- Sometimes Offensive. being known or perceived as a gender other than the one assigned at birth:
Passing women who dress and live as men have existed throughout history.
The environment might be safer for a passing trans man than for someone who is obviously transgender.
adverb
- surpassingly; exceedingly; very.
noun
- the act of a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- a means or place of passage.
passing
/ ˈɑːɪŋ /
adjective
- transitory or momentary
a passing fancy
- cursory or casual in action or manner
a passing reference
adverb
- archaic.to an extreme degree
the events were passing strange
noun
- a place where or means by which one may pass, cross, ford, etc
- a euphemism for death
- in passingby the way; incidentally
he mentioned your visit in passing
Other Word Forms
- 貹·Բ· adverb
- 貹·Բ·Ա noun
- ܲ·貹·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of passing1
Idioms and Phrases
- in passing, by the way; incidentally:
The speaker mentioned his latest book in passing.
Example Sentences
In that same period, PSG had a remarkable passing accuracy of 86.5% in Arsenal's half, and the total ratio was 165 passes to 60.
"The very idea that the FA can disregard the Supreme Court shows a foolhardy contempt for the law. Every passing day makes it worse" he said.
It could still be a success if a number of gambles pay off - notably passing up the chance to pick Hunter, which could be a massive mistake if he becomes a league legend.
After the November presidential election, the friends experienced their first hate crime in Hollywood when a car passing by shot them with airsoft pellets and yelled a gay slur.
A rare positive legacy of the pandemic was the passing of the British Sign Language Act 2022, which made BSL one of the recognised languages of Great Britain.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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