PASSING
Definition:
- [adverb] to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective"
Synonyms: exceedingly, extremely
- [noun] (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
Synonyms: pass, play, game
- [noun] euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
Synonyms: loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
- [noun] the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
Synonyms: passage
- [noun] the end of something; "the passing of winter"
- [noun] a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
Synonyms: passage
- [noun] going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"
Synonyms: overtaking
- [noun] success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
Synonyms: pass, qualifying
- [adjective] enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
Synonyms: ephemeral, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious
- [adjective] of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
Synonyms: pass
- [adjective] allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"
- [adjective] hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
Synonyms: casual, cursory, perfunctory
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