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English adjective: passing | |||
| 1. | passing lasting a very short time | ||
| Samples | The ephemeral joys of childhood. A passing fancy. Youth's transient beauty. Love is transitory but it is eternal. Fugacious blossoms. | ||
| Synonyms | ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory | ||
| Similar | impermanent, temporary | ||
| Antonyms | lasting, permanent | ||
| 2. | passing of advancing the ball by throwing it | ||
| Samples | A team with a good passing attack. A pass play. | ||
| Synonyms | pass | ||
| Domain category | football, football game | ||
| Antonyms | running | ||
| 3. | passing allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily | ||
| Samples | A passing grade. | ||
| Similar | satisfactory | ||
| Antonyms | unsatisfactory | ||
| 4. | passing hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | ||
| Samples | A casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws. A passing glance. Perfunctory courtesy. | ||
| Synonyms | casual, cursory, perfunctory | ||
| Similar | careless | ||
| Antonyms | careful | ||
English noun: passing | |||
| 1. | passing (act) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | ||
| Samples | The coach sent in a passing play on third and long. | ||
| Synonyms | pass, passing game, passing play | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | football play | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aerial, forward pass, lateral, lateral pass, spot pass | ||
| Domain category | American football, American football game | ||
| 2. | passing (event) euphemistic expressions for death | ||
| Samples | Thousands mourned his passing. | ||
| Synonyms | departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | death, decease, expiry | ||
| Domain usage | euphemism | ||
| 3. | passing (event) the motion of one object relative to another | ||
| Samples | Stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets. | ||
| Synonyms | passage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
| 4. | passing (event) the end of something | ||
| Samples | The passing of winter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, final stage, last | ||
| 5. | passing (act) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | ||
| Samples | The passage of air from the lungs. The passing of flatus. | ||
| Synonyms | passage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reaction, response | ||
| 6. | passing (act) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it | ||
| Samples | She drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me. | ||
| Synonyms | overtaking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reordering | ||
| 7. | passing (act) success in satisfying a test or requirement | ||
| Samples | His future depended on his passing that test. He got a pass in introductory chemistry. | ||
| Synonyms | pass, qualifying | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | success | ||
| Antonyms | flunk, failing | ||
English adverb: passing | |||
| 1. | passing to an extreme degree | ||
| Samples | Extremely cold. Extremely unpleasant. | ||
| Synonyms | exceedingly, extremely, super | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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