English dictionary
passing
adjectivePronunciation
ˈpɑːsɪŋ
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
adjective
- of advancing the ball by throwing it
adjective
- lasting a very short time
adjective
- allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
adverb
- to an extraordinary degree
noun
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
noun
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
noun
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
noun
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
noun
- the end of something
noun
- the motion of one object relative to another
noun
- euphemistic expressions for death
Example sentences
a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
a passing glance
perfunctory courtesy
In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory
a team with a good passing attack
a pass play
the ephemeral joys of childhood
a passing fancy
youth's transient beauty
love is transitory but it is eternal
fugacious blossoms
a passing grade
she was a surpassingly beautiful woman
{'source': 'Walker Percy', 'text': 'I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because … this one is surely something new and passing strange'}
his future depended on his passing that test
he got a pass in introductory chemistry
she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
the passage of air from the lungs
the passing of flatus
the passing of winter
stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
thousands mourned his passing