passing
pa
ˈpÃĻ
pā
ssing
sÉĒng
sing
/pˈɑːsÉĒŋ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "passing"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€

lasting for a brief time
passing definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her interest in painting was just a passing phase, and she soon moved on to other hobbies.
āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāϖ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ

used to refer to the continuous movement of a time period
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The passing years had softened his once strong opinions on the matter.
āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ›āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤāϕ⧇ āύāϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€

made or done without much attention or depth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had only given the idea a passing thought, never seriously considering it.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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ĐŋОвĐĩҀ҅ĐŊĐžŅŅ‚ĐŊŅ‹Đš, ĐŧиĐŧĐžĐģĐĩŅ‚ĐŊŅ‹Đš

lacking intensity or significance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie sparked a passing interest in photography, but it quickly faded.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀

moving past someone or something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She smiled at the passing stranger who held the door open for her.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϏ, āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ

meeting the minimum requirements or standards needed to succeed or proceed, such as in an exam or inspection
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car met the passing criteria during the emissions test, allowing it to be registered.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŽāύ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ‚, āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖ

referring to the skill involved in throwing, hitting, or kicking a ball or puck to a teammate or ball down the field or court in sports
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team's passing game was strong, allowing them to maintain control of the ball throughout the match.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϚ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁, āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŖ

an individual's death
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her passing was a great loss to everyone who knew her, leaving a void in their hearts.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻž āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧇āώ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

the conclusion of something, marking the end of its existence or occurrence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the passing of the storm, the skies cleared and calm returned.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ

the action of moving past a person, object, or place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gentle passing of a breeze made the leaves rustle softly.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ, āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ

the action of giving or transferring something to someone else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His promotion felt like the passing of responsibility from one generation of leaders to the next.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§‹āĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϏ, āĻŦāϞ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

the action of kicking, throwing, or hitting the ball to a teammate in order to advance play or maintain possession
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In soccer, precise passing is crucial to creating scoring opportunities.
āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ

the act of achieving a satisfactory or acceptable level in an examination or course of study
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The professor congratulated the students on their passing of the final exam.
āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāύ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ, āĻĒāĻžāϏ

the action of formally approving something, often through voting or legislative action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city council 's passing of the zoning law led to significant development in the downtown area.
āϏāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻœā§‹āύāĻŋāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϟāĻžāωāύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž, āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ

the official act of a judge declaring or delivering a criminal's punishment or sentence in court
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the trial, the passing of the sentence brought closure to the victims' families.
āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­ā§‹āĻ—ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāύ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ‚, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž

a situation where someone from one group, such as a certain race or sexual orientation, is mistaken for or tries to be seen as a member of another group, often for personal, social, or economic reasons
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His passing as straight in certain environments helped him avoid discrimination, though it was not by choice.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϟ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧈āώāĻŽā§āϝ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āϖ⧁āĻŦ

to an exceeding or surpassing degree
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was a passing odd coincidence that they both showed up wearing the same outfit.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āϤāĻžāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧāχ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

passing
pass
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