passing
1pass·ing
noun \ˈpa-siŋ\Definition of PASSING
— in passing
: by the way : incidentally
Examples of PASSING
- After her husband's passing, she moved to a smaller house.
- We all mourned his passing.
First Known Use of PASSING
14th century
2passing
adjectiveDefinition of PASSING
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: going by or past <a passing pedestrian>
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: having a brief duration <a passing whim>
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obsolete : surpassing
4
: superficial <a passing acquaintance> <a passing resemblance>
5
a : of, relating to, or used in or for the act or process of passing <passing lanes> b : given on satisfactory completion of an examination or course of study <a passing grade>
Examples of PASSING
- Someone called out from a passing car.
- She sells flowers to passing motorists.
- Let's hope that these shoes are just a passing fad.
- a passing phase in childhood
First Known Use of PASSING
14th century
Related to PASSING
- Synonyms
- brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory
3passing
adverbDefinition of PASSING
: to a surpassing degree : exceedingly <passing strange>
Examples of PASSING
- <a passing strange turn of events>
First Known Use of PASSING
14th century
Related to PASSING
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, very, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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