passing

pass·ing  (psng)

adj.

1. Moving by; going past: The child waved to the passing cars.

2. Of brief duration; transitory: a passing fancy.

3. Cursory or superficial; casual: a passing glance.

4. Allowing one to pass a test, course of study, inspection, or examination; satisfactory: a passing grade.

5. Archaic Very or great; surpassing: "'Tis a passing shame" (Shakespeare).

adv.

Very; surpassingly: "I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange" (Walker Percy).

n.

1. The act of one that passes or the fact of having passed: the passing of another summer.

2. A place where or a means by which one can pass.

3. Death.

Idiom:

in passing

While going by; incidentally.

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passing·ly adv.

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passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ]

adj

1. transitory or momentary a passing fancy

2. cursory or casual in action or manner a passing reference

adv & adj

Archaic to an extreme degree the events were passing strange

n

1. a place where or means by which one may pass, cross, ford, etc.

2. a euphemism for death

in passing by the way; incidentally he mentioned your visit in passing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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" passing game, passing play, pass American football, American football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays football play - (American football) a play by the offensive team aerial, forward pass - a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer lateral, lateral pass - a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer spot pass - a pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does
	2.	passing - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" exit, expiration, going, departure, release, loss euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh death, decease, expiry - the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
	3.	passing - the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" passage motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	4.	passing - the end of something; "the passing of winter" final stage, end, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
	5.	passing - a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" passage response, reaction - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
	6.	passing - 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" overtaking reordering - a rearrangement in a different order
	7.	passing - success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" qualifying, pass success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" flunk, failing - failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"
Adj.	1.	passing - 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" ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transitory, transient impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
	2.	passing - of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" pass football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal running - of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays"
	3.	passing - allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade" satisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"
	4.	passing - 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" cursory, perfunctory, casual careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
Adv.	1.	passing - to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant" exceedingly, super, extremely

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passing

adjective

1. momentary, fleeting, short-lived, transient, ephemeral, short, brief, temporary, transitory, evanescent, fugacious (rare) people who dismissed mobile phones as a passing fad

2. superficial, short, quick, slight, glancing, casual, summary, shallow, hasty, cursory, perfunctory, desultory He only gave us a passing glance.

noun

1. end, finish, loss, vanishing, disappearance, termination, dying out, expiry, expiration the passing of an era

2. death, demise, decease, passing on or away His passing will be mourned by many people.

3. passage, course, process, advance, progress, flow The passing of time brought a sense of emptiness.

4. sanction, approval, passage, adoption, endorsement, enactment, authorization, validation, legalization the formal passing of the treaty

in passing incidentally, on the way, by the way, accidentally, en passant, by the bye She only mentioned you in passing.

Translations

passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ]

A. ADJ [fad] → pasajero; [glance] → rápido, superficial; [remark] → hecho de paso
a passing car → un coche que pasaba
with each passing day it gets more difficult → cada día se hace más difícil
passing fancy → capricho m
the story aroused no more than passing interest → la noticia no despertó más que un interés pasajero
the speech made only a passing reference to the Middle East → el discurso hizo sólo una breve alusión a Oriente Medio
he bears more than a passing resemblance to Rock Hudson → su parecido con Rock Hudson es notable

B. N

1. (= disappearance) [of custom, tradition] → desaparición f (euph) (= death) → fallecimiento m
with the passing of the years → con el paso de los años, conforme van pasando los años
to mention sth in passing → mencionar algo de paso or pasada

2. (US) (Aut) → adelantamiento m

3. (Parl) → aprobación f

C. CPD passing bell N → toque m de difuntos
passing lane N (US) (Aut) → carril m de adelantamiento
passing place N (Brit) (Aut) → apartadero m
passing shot N (Tennis) → tiro m pasado

passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ]

adj

(= brief) [reference, thought] → passager/ère

(= short-lived) a passing interest in sb/sth → un intérêt passager pour qn/qch
He had never taken more than a passing interest in the girl → Il n'avait jamais manifesté qu'un intérêt passager pour la jeune fille.

(moment, year) with every passing moment → d'heure en heure
With every passing moment they grew more confident and daring → Ils devenaient plus audacieux d'heure en heure.
with every passing year → d'année en année

(= slight) [resemblance] → vague
to bear a passing resemblance to sth/sb → ressembler vaguement à qch/qn
to bear more than a passing resemblance to → ressembler énormément à

n

in passing → en passant
to mention sth in passing → signaler qch en passant

(= end) [era, custom, ways] → disparition f; [years] → passage m

(= death) → disparition f
The business world is a duller place for his passing → Le monde des affaires est plus terne depuis sa disparition.
passing place n (on road) → aire f de croisement

passing

n

(= going by) → Vorübergehen nt; (of procession) → Passieren nt, → Vorüberziehen nt; a swirling wind accompanies the passing of each train → ein wirbelnder Wind begleitet jeden vorbeifahrenden Zug; with the passing of time/the years → im Lauf(e) der Zeit/der Jahre; I would like to mention in passing that … → ich möchte beiläufig noch erwähnen, dass …

(= overtaking) → Überholen nt

(= disappearance) → Niedergang m; (of customs) → Aussterben nt; (euph: = death) → Heimgang m; the passing of the old year → der Ausklang des alten Jahres

(of deadline) → Überschreiten nt

(= transmission: of information) → Weitergabe f

(Ftbl) → Ballabgabe f

(Parl, of bill) = passage d

adj

car → vorbeifahrend; clouds → vorüberziehend; years → vergehend; with every or each passing day → mit jedem Tag, der vergeht

(= casual) glance, thought, interest → flüchtig; comments → beiläufig; fancy → flüchtig, vorübergehend; fashion, fad → vorübergehend; to make (a) passing reference to something → auf etw (acc) → beiläufig hinweisen; to bear a passing resemblance to somebody/something → mit jdn/etw eine flüchtige Ähnlichkeit haben; to have a passing acquaintance with somebody → jdn flüchtig kennen; to have a passing acquaintance with something → flüchtige Kenntnis von etw haben

adv (old: = very) → gar (old), → überaus (liter)

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passing:

passing lane

n (Mot) → Überholspur f

passing note

n → Durchgangston m

passing-out (ceremony)

n (Mil) → Abschlussfeier f

passing-out parade

n (Mil) → Abschlussparade f

passing place

n (on narrow road) → Ausweichstelle f

passing shot

n (Tennis) → Passierball m

passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ]

1. adj (fleeting, fancy, thought) → passeggero/a; (moment) → fuggevole; (glance, remark) → di sfuggita; (car, person) → di passaggio

2. n (of customs) (euph) (death) → scomparsa
with the passing of the years → col passar degli anni
to mention sth in passing → accennare a qc di sfuggita

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passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ]

1. adj (fleeting, fancy, thought) → passeggero/a; (moment) → fuggevole; (glance, remark) → di sfuggita; (car, person) → di passaggio

2. n (of customs) (euph) (death) → scomparsa
with the passing of the years → col passar degli anni
to mention sth in passing → accennare a qc di sfuggita