What is the meaning of the word "passing"?
Definitions:
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(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate noun
- the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
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euphemistic expression for death noun
- Thousands mourned my passing and they were pretty angry to find out it was a hoax.
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going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it noun
- I drove well, but my reckless passing of every car on the road frightened my passengers.
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success in satisfying a test or requirement noun
- The medical students knew that their careers depended on passing the board exams.
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the end of something noun
- the passing of winter
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the motion of one object relative to another noun
- stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
Synonyms:
- casual
- ephemeral
- exceedingly
- exit
- extremely
- fugacious
- overtaking
- pass
- passage
- screamingly
- short-lived
- super
- transient
- transitory