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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
archaicto 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
by the way; incidentally
he mentioned your visit in passing
Other 51Թ Forms
- passingly adverb
- passingness noun
- unpassing adjective
51Թ 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
His family did not want to speak publicly about his passing, but they did assist in the SBU in its investigation.
Mother and son stood together, flashing their signs for passing motorists.
With that agreement ending, it means the company will need to pay more and it is passing that cost on to consumers, with the latest rise being 8%.
But he said Austria's legal system prevented the army from passing on the results of such tests.
“We could hear the howl — like the roar of a thousand lions, like a fleet of jet engines passing overhead — the sound of fire devouring everything,“ Ramsey writes.
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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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