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fleet·ing
(flē′tĭng)adj.
Passing quickly; ephemeral: a fleeting glimpse; a fleeting interest in the campaign.
fleet′ing·ly adv.
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fleeting
(ˈfliːtɪŋ)adj
rapid and transient: a fleeting glimpse of the sea.
ˈfleetingly adv
ˈfleetingness n
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fleet•ing
(ˈfli tɪŋ)adj.
passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient: a fleeting glance.
[1325–75]
fleet′ing•ly, adv.
fleet′ing•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" |
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fleeting
adjective momentary, short, passing, flying, brief, temporary, short-lived, fugitive, transient, flitting, ephemeral, transitory, evanescent, fugacious, here today, gone tomorrow They caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.
lasting, continuing, permanent, enduring, eternal, abiding, durable, long-lasting, long-lived, imperishable
lasting, continuing, permanent, enduring, eternal, abiding, durable, long-lasting, long-lived, imperishable
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fleeting
adjectiveLasting or existing only for a short time:
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Translations
fleeting
[ˈfliːtɪŋ] ADJ1. (= brief) [impression] → momentáneo; [visit] → breve; [moment] → breve, fugaz
to have or catch a fleeting glimpse of sth/sb → alcanzar a ver algo/a algn fugazmente
a fleeting glance → una breve mirada
to have or catch a fleeting glimpse of sth/sb → alcanzar a ver algo/a algn fugazmente
a fleeting glance → una breve mirada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fleeting
[ˈfliːtɪŋ] adj (= very brief) [moment] → bref(brève); [glimpse] → bref(brève); [visit] → en coup de ventto catch a fleeting glimpse of sb/sth → entrapercevoir qn/qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fleeting
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fleeting
[ˈfliːtɪŋ] adj (glimpse) → fuggevole; (moment, beauty) → fugace, passeggero/a, effimero/a; (visit) → volante, veloceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fleeting
a. pasajero, que pasa rápidamente.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
fleeting
adj (pain, etc.) pasajeroEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.